Bag
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Emberá (Choikoi)
- Collector
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Previous owner
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Seller
- A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Object Name
- Bag
- Media/Materials
- Bromeliad fiber (Silk grass)
- Techniques
- Knotted
- Object Type
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Place
- Río Chico; Cémaco District; Emberá-Wounaan Indigenous Territory; Panama
- Collection History
- Collected by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from Hyatt Verrill in 1918 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
- Catalog Number
- 8/3521
- Barcode
- 083521.000
- See related items
- Emberá (Choikoi)
- Bags/Pouches (and parts)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement