Sling

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Culture/People: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
Expedition: MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition (1924-1925) (Lothrop Tierra del Fuego Expedition)
Expedition leader: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
Possible owner: Wits (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)

Collection History: Collected in 1925, possibly from Wits (Yámana), during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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Place: Puerto Mejillones (Magallanes); Antártica Chilena Province; Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Chile (inferred)
Archipelago: Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
Island Name: Isla Navarino (Navarin Island)

See related items: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 14/2351
Barcode: 142351.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Native Term: watewá

Object Name: Sling
Media/Materials: Guanaco hide/skin, sinew, whale gut/intestine
Techniques: Sewn

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws652b8e583-2081-4ee3-8f72-97cca5ad2c27

Record ID: NMAI_153125