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Yagán basket ("tawe’la") model
1801-1900
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Madrid
Madrid, Spain
The baskets were used as containers and especially in the gathering of shellfish. This basket was part of the miniature equipment of a model canoe.
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- Title: Yagán basket ("tawe’la") model
- Date: 1801-1900
- Location: Antártica Chilena Province (Chile) and Tierra del Fuego, Anctartica and South Atlantic Islands Province (Argentina)
- Type: Basketry
- Original Source: Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Rights: Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Medium: Reed fiber
- Photographer: Javier Rodríguez Barrera
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