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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