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Image Not Available for Photograph pertaining to Ona and Yahgan specimens from Tierra del Fuego
Photograph pertaining to Ona and Yahgan specimens from Tierra del Fuego
Image Not Available for Photograph pertaining to Ona and Yahgan specimens from Tierra del Fuego
Object Number 09-27-00/1.1
Display Title Photograph pertaining to Ona and Yahgan specimens from Tierra del Fuego
Descriptions
Object Description verso of photograph reads: "The Furlong Collection in the Peabody Museum contains a guanaco skin capa which belonged to the Ona man shown in the middle of this photo, whose name is Puppup. The other man is Chalshoat. They were cousins and two of the four men of the Furlong 1907-08 pioneer expediton through the heart of Tierra del Fuego. The women and children are members of their families. "
Department Photographic
Date 1907-1908
Culture
  • Yahgan
  • Ona
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Chile / Magallanes / Tierra del Fuego
Quantity 1

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