Seal harpoon
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1920
name: label: Culture/People
content: Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
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
label: Possible owner
content: Walter (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: Possible owner
content: William (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: Possible owner
content: Charley (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: Possible owner
content: Wits (unknown surname), Yámana (Yagán/Yahgan)
label: Possible owner
content: Manuel (unknown surname), Qawasqar (Alacaluf)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected from one of several Yámana individuals (Walter, William, Charley, Wits, or Manuel) in 1924 or 1925 during the MAI Tierra del Fuego Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego; Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Argentina, Chile (inferred)
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: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: On View
content: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southern Cone/Patagonia
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/2275
label: Barcode
content: 142275.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: Indigenous Term
content: awaía
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal harpoon
label: Media/Materials
content: Cypress, whale bone, hide thong/babiche, sinew, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Carved, wrapped, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 310 x 6 x 5 cm