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1893.39.5.6

Cylindrical bark baler bound and stitched around the base, plus one side, with plant fibre or possibly sinew; part of boat model 1893.39.5 [ZM 23/3/2016]

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1893.39.5.6

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cylindrical bark baler bound and stitched around the base, plus one side, with plant fibre or possibly sinew; part of boat model 1893.39.5 [ZM 23/3/2016]
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 Willow Bark Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Animal Sinew, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Perforated, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Diameter: max 45 mm base, Length: max 65 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1893.39.5.6
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]

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