Cordage
name: label: Culture/People
content: Witoto
label: Expedition
content: Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America (1940-1941) (Wenner-Gren Peru Expedition)
label: Expedition leader
content: Dr. Paul Fejos (Pál Fejös), Non-Indian, 1897-1963
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Axel Wenner-Gren, Non-Indian, 1881-1961
label: Donor
content: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1940 and 1941 during the Wenner-Gren Scientific Expedition to Hispanic America, led by anthropologist and filmmaker Paul Fejos (1897-1963) and sponsored by Swedish industrialist Axel Wenner-Gren (1881-1961); donated to MAI by the Viking Fund, Inc. in 1941.
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: Río Amazonas (Amazon River) area near frontiers of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil; Río Ampiyacu; Maynas Province; Loreto Region; Peru
setName: label: See related items
content: Witoto
label: See related items
content: Materials: Prepared
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/4855
label: Barcode
content: 204855.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Prepared
label: Indigenous Term
content: nyeköna
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Cordage
label: Media/Materials
content: Chambira palm fiber
label: Techniques
content: Twisted