Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan, Patagonia / Magallanes Province, Chile, South America
Accession Date:
3 Mar 1894
Notes:
Accession number is uncertain. But since this is from the U.S. Fish Commission, transferred via the Engineering Division, it is tentatively being given accession number 028022, unless/until another accession number is found.
From card: "Had some pieces of equipment with it originally. Refer: Collins' Ms. p. 965. Refer to Cat. No. 204,504 for a similar one." Old Division of Engineering number 76091.
Note: the culture for this artifact is listed as "Fuegian". Fuegians are the indigenous inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, at the southern tip of South America. In English, the term originally referred to the Yaghan people. In Spanish, the term fueguino can refer to any person from the archipelago.
