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Object name: Canoe model with accessories

Culture/People: Yamana (Yagan/Yahgan)

Date created: circa 1900

Place: Mussels Bay, Isla Navarino (Navarin Island); Antartica Chilena Province; Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region XII; Chile

Media/Materials: Beech bark, wood, whale gut/intestine, vegetal fiber, peat

Techniques: Carved, bent, tied, wrapped, braided, coiled, dried

Collection History/Provenance: Collected in 1907 or 1908 by American explorer, writer, artist, and photographer Charles Wellington Furlong (1874 -1967) during his expeditions to Tierra del Fuego; acquired by MAI in 1916.

See it in the "Infinity of Nations" exhibit in NMAI, NY.