House cover/covering

Culture/People
Selk'nam (Ona)
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
Collection History
Collected in 1925 during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
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Place
Selk'nam Camp northeast of Lago Fagnano; Ushuaia Department; Tierra del Fuego Province; Argentina (inferred)
Archipelago
Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
Island Name
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
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Selk'nam (Ona)
Architecture/Housing
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
14/2379
Barcode
142379.000
Object Type
Architecture/Housing
Indigenous Term
káwi
Object Name
House cover/covering
Media/Materials
Hide, cotton cloth, twine/string, paint
Techniques
Sewn, painted
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67ad6d3b3-0752-49a5-ab3f-f6e9c4271537
Record ID
NMAI_153159