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Culture/People: Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
Expedition sponsor: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum/Penn Museum); Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
Collector: Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968

Collection History: Collected in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.
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Place: La Guajira Department; Colombia

See related items: Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro); Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 18/1315
Barcode: 181315.000

Object Type: Bags/Pouches (and parts)

Object Name: Bag
Media/Materials: Cotton yarn
Techniques: Looped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws60f1b2836-0dc8-461c-a7f0-558a79c42570

Record ID: NMAI_194011