Culture/People

Baniwa

Possible collector

Erland Nordenskiöld (Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld/Le Baron Erland de Nordenskiold), Non-Indian, 1877-1932

Previous owner

Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum (Gothenburg Museum of Ethnography/Göteborg Museum)

Object Name

Chair

Media/Materials

Wood, vegetal fiber

Techniques

Bent, laced

Object Type

Furnishings (Home)

Place

Rio Aiari (Aiary); Cucuru Poço, São Gabriel da Cachoeira Municipality; North Mesoregion, Rio Negro Micoregion; Amazonas State, North Region; Brazil

Collection History

Possibly collected in 1913 by Finnish-Swedish archaeologist and anthropologist Erland Nordenskiöld (1877-1932) during fieldwork sponsored by the Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum (Gothenburg Museum of Ethnography, Göteborg, Sweden); acquired by MAI in 1929 through an exchange with the Göteborgs Museum.

Catalog Number

16/4239

Barcode

164239.000

See related items

Baniwa

Furnishings (Home)

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

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