Donor Name:

Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this

Object Type:

Necklace

Place:

Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, South America

Accession Date:

27 Nov 1897

Notes:

FROM CARD: "MARINE SNAIL, PHOTINULA EXPANSA. WORN BY "CANOE" AND YAHGAN INDS. OLD LABEL: "SHELL ORNAMENTS OF THE YAHGAN INDIANS. STRUNG UPON A CORD OF SINEW BY MEANS OF A WRAPPING OF SINEW FILAMENT, EACH TURN OF WHICH ATTACHES A SHELL. 178007 LOANED TO MUSEUM OF NATL. HERITAGE 1/2/79. RETURNED 10/2/79." FROM CARD: "178,007A SHELL ORNAMENTS OF THE YAHGAN INDIANS. STRUNG UPON A CORD OF SINEW BY MEANS OF A WRAPPING OF SINEW FILAMENT, EACH TURN OF WHICH ATTACHES A SHELL. SOUTHERN TIERRA DEL FUEGO. 178,007 FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY J. B. HATCHER."

Record Last Modified:

2 Dec 2014

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

032817

USNM Number:

E178007-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3af29018b-b981-4162-afd9-a5cd30950056

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8352326