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  • People/Culture
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Achuar  33
    • Akawaio (Acawai)  436
    • Amorua/Rio Tomo Guahibo (Pihibi Cuiapo)  20
    • Arawak  289
    • Asháninka (Campa/Chuncha)  366
    • Atorai  22
    • Aymara  634
    • Borôro (Bororo)  176
    • Buglere  24
    • Canelos Kichua  125
    • Carib [Guyana]  156
    • Carib [Suriname]  822
    • Cañari Kichua (Canari)  28
    • Ch'uta (Chuta)  114
    • Chachilla (Cayapas)  822
    • Chamacoco (Zamuko)  754
    • Chimborazo Kichua  23
    • Chimborazo Kichua [Cara]  1
    • Chimborazo Kichua [Near Penipe]  4
    • Colla  37
    • Emberá (Choikoi)  319
    • Enxet (Lengua)  570
    • Guaraní (Missiones)  38
    • Guaymi  766
    • Highland Kichua  123
    • Karajá (Caraja)  720
    • Kareneri  65
    • Kichua (Quichua)  489
    • Kogi (Kagaba)  228
    • Mainland Carib  1016
    • Manteño-Huancavilca (archaeological culture)  148
    • Mapuche  849
    • Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo)  190
    • Mebêngôkre (Kayapó/Cayapo) [Xikrin]  75
    • Napo Runa (Napo Kichua)  27
    • Ngäbe (Guaymi)  742
    • Quechua  1591
    • Sabanero Buglere  24
    • Saraguro  66
    • Sarayacu Kichua  30
    • Shipibo  175
    • Shuar  383
    • Shuar [Palora]  7
    • Shuar [Yuquianza]  2
    • Shuar/Achuar  725
    • Tapirapé (Tapirape)  250
    • Taruma  32
    • Tigua Kichua  20
    • Tomaráho (Tumraha)  385
    • Wanka Quechua  171
    • Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)  165
    • Witoto  156
    • Wounaan (Noanama)  142
    • Yukpa (Macoa/Macoita/Yupa)  159
    • Yunga (Yungas)  23
    • Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)  194
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  • Name
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Barrett, Samuel A.  823
    • Cutipa-Zorn, Gavriel  359
    • Fejos, Dr. Paul  247
    • Fric, Alberto Vojtech  829
    • Gow-Smith, Francis  445
    • Hendricks, Harmon W.  775
    • Heye, George Gustav  844
    • Heye, Marie A.  992
    • Heye, Thea  970
    • Litto, Frank A.  378
    • Litto, Gertrude  378
    • Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland  782
    • Malkin, Dr. Borys  368
    • Mason, Gregory  361
    • Mrs. Thea Heye Chile Expedition (1929-1930)  575
    • Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation  278
    • Oldman, William Ockleford  664
    • Sherbin, Serge V.  239
    • University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology  437
    • Verrill, A. Hyatt  3069
    • Viking Fund, Incorporated  257
    • Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America (1940-1941)  247
    • Wenner-Gren, Axel  247
    • Zorn, Elayne  359
    • von Hagen, Dr. Victor Wolfgang  315
  • Place
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    • Amazonas State, North Region  400
    • Araucanía Region IX  502
    • Argentina  550
    • Bolivia  1507
    • Brazil  2772
    • Chaco Boreal region (northern Chaco)  740
    • Chile  1040
    • Chiriquí Province  387
    • Colombia  1176
    • Cusco (Cuzco) Region  455
    • Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region  457
    • Eastern Bolivia  409
    • Ecuador  2530
    • Esmeraldas Province  852
    • Guyana  1557
    • Loreto Region  439
    • Mato Grosso State, Central-West Region  620
    • Panama  1044
    • Paraguay  1125
    • Pará State, North Region  397
    • Peru  2871
    • Rio Araguaia  525
    • Río Cayapas  823
    • Suriname  867
    • Venezuela  400
  • object type
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Arrows  848
    • Bags (containers)  830
    • Baskets (containers)  536
    • Bowls (vessels)  517
    • Ceremonial objects  768
    • Clothing  463
    • Costume accessories  605
    • Culinary equipment for preparing and cooking food  464
    • Culinary equipment for serving and consuming food  619
    • Figures (representations)  749
    • Fishing and trapping tools and equipment  2075
    • Gathering baskets  464
    • Headdresses  844
    • Headgear  825
    • Jewelry  3038
    • Musical instruments  800
    • Necklaces  919
    • Noisemakers  800
    • Ornaments  3045
    • Outerware  414
    • Sculpture/Carving/Figures  724
    • Sound devices  800
    • Souvenirs  437
    • Vessels (containers)  2425
    • Weapons  2075
  • Culture Area
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Amazonia  6966
    • Andes  4123
    • Circum-Caribbean  2043
    • East Brazil  1373
    • Gran Chaco  1862
    • Pampas/Patagonia  100
    • Southern South America  1270

  • Media Usage
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  • Exhibition Location
    • NMAI DC  140
    • NMAI NY  147

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