Basket collected by Jean Hamilton, 24 June 1929, Navarino Island.

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Item X 38273 Basket, Stab [Close-weave basket], Yaghan, Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, Magallanes, Chilean Antarctic, Chile, /06/1929

Summary

Stab [Yaghan for close-weave basket] collected by Ms Jean Hamilton on 24 June 1929 in the company of Senor Tekenica [Ken] Williams. One of several baskets acquired from and possibly made by the two wives of Aia putilla schanaiensis [Domingo - surname not recorded]; Yamu Kauau, a tippa [older wife] and Kanuks [the younger wife, daughter of Yamu Kauau a tippa]. The Yaghan name for the basket was provided by Piedro Basuoldo of Hoste Island during interviews conducted by Ms Jean Hamilton on the same day.

Physical Description

Made of reed. Natural colour. Handle broken at joins and in middle, and has been repaired with string.

Local Name

Stab [Close-weave basket]

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Collection Names

Baldwin Spencer Collection
Collecting Areas

World Cultures
Maker

Unrecorded
Date Produced

/06/1929
Collector

Sir Walter B. Spencer
Date Collected

29/06/1929
Locality

Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, Magallanes, Chilean Antarctic, Chile
Cultural Groups

Yaghan
Object/Medium

Basket
Category

Indigenous Collections
Discipline

Anthropology
Type of item

Object
Object Measurements

145 mm (Length), 145 mm (Width), 119 mm (Height), 145 mm (Outside Diameter)

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