Firestarting pyrite
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: Previous owner
content: Captain Nielson, Non-Indian
label: Donor
content: Captain Nielson, Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition (1924-1925) (Lothrop Tierra del Fuego Expedition)
label: Expedition leader
content: Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Captain Nielson (Captain of the Beagle Channel steamer "Kathleen"); donated to MAI by Captain Nielson in 1924 during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province; Argentina
label: Archipelago
content: Tierra del Fuego Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
setName: label: See related items
content: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/2323
label: Barcode
content: 142323.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
label: Indigenous Term
content: sᵉwálli
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firestarting pyrite
label: Media/Materials
content: Pyrite/Iron pyrite
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified