Culture/People:

Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum/Penn Museum)  Search this

Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989  Search this

Collector:

Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968  Search this

Object Name:

Pad saddle

Media/Materials:

Hide, horsehair, hide thong/babiche

Techniques:

Braided

Object Type:

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Place:

La Guajira Department; Colombia

Collection History:

Collected in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.

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Catalog Number:

18/1364

Barcode:

181364.000

See related items:

Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)

Animal Tack and Animal Husbandry

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6894bc9b5-626f-4060-8163-d84ef65cdece

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_194061