1893.39.5.4

Collection type

Object

Description

Model harpoon, barbed bone point bound to the painted wooden shaft with sinew; part of boat model 1893.39.5 [ZM 23/3/2016]

Geographical reference

Argentina

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Argentina

Chile

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile

Tierra del Fuego

Cultural groups

Yámana

Person

Field collector Robert W. Whaits

Field collector South American Missionary Society

PRM source Robert W. Whaits

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1893

Date collected

Before 1893

Acquisition information

Donated: 07/1893

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Animal Sinew, Material Bone, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Bound

Dimensions

Length: max 640 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1893.39.5.4

Research and responses

Mr R. Whaits was the carpenter and wheelwright of the South American Missionary Society; he joined the Mission about 1875 (DOC)

Identified as Yamana by Penny Dransart on the basis of the crossed-stick basket it contains. 1991.

Associated publications

Entire model boat illustrated in black and white as figure 124 on page 109 of Basketmakers Meaning and Form in Native American Baskets, edited by Linda Mowat, Howard Morphy and Penny Dransart (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University if Oxford, Mongraph 5, 1992). Caption reads: ‘Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Yamaná. Model of a bark canoe with two harpoons, two paddles, a bark baler, three stacked baskets and a crossed-stick fish basket. L: 770 mm. Donated by R. Whaits. 1893.39.5’ [MJD 18/01/2013]

Search terms: Navigation, Model, Harpoon, Fishing Accessory