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Catalog Data

Culture/People:
Chorote (Choroti)  Search this
Collector:
Erland Nordenskiöld (Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld/Le Baron Erland de Nordenskiold), Non-Indian, 1877-1932  Search this
Previous owner:
Göteborgs Etnografiska Museum (Gothenburg Museum of Ethnography/Göteborg Museum)  Search this
Object Name:
Case/container
Media/Materials:
Snail shell/shells
Techniques:
Unmodified
Object Type:
Containers and Vessels
Place:
Chaco Province; Argentina
Collection History:
Collected between 1901 and 1902 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 1922 through an exchange with the Göteborgs Museum.
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Catalog Number:
11/6344
Barcode:
116344.000
See related items:
Chorote (Choroti)
Containers and Vessels
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a53ca7c6-7343-4b6b-86ac-335366740310
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_125355