Needle (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1000–1500 (Late Intermediate to Inka period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Circumpuna Andes: Humahuaca region (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Possible excavator
content: Karl Schuel, Non-Indian, 1857-1927
label: Possible seller
content: Karl Schuel, Non-Indian, 1857-1927
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but probably excavated between 1920 and 1923 by Karl Schuel (1857-1927, a mining engineer and archaeologist in Argentina); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1924 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Quebrada de Humahuaca region; Humahuaca Department; Jujuy Province; Argentina (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Circumpuna Andes: Humahuaca region (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 13/3626
label: Barcode
content: 133626.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sewing Tools and Equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Needle (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Cactus spine
label: Techniques
content: Cut