Man's breechcloth
name: label: Culture/People
content: Carib [Guyana]
label: Collector
content: A. Hyatt Verrill (Alpheus Hyatt Verrill), Non-Indian, 1871-1954
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871-1954, explorer, author, and MAI field collector) in 1916 during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye/MAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Upper Barama River; Barima-Waini Region; Guyana
setName: label: See related items
content: Carib [Guyana]
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/8269
label: Barcode
content: 058269.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments
label: Indigenous Term
content: kamisha
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Man's breechcloth
label: Media/Materials
content: Cotton cloth, ribbon, glass bead/beads, thread
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, appliquéd, strung, fringed