Object Details
- Culture/People
- Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
- Expedition sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (The University Museum/Penn Museum)
- Museum of the American Indian - Heye Foundation (MAI-HF), 1916-1989
- Collector
- Gregory Mason, Non-Indian, 1889-1968
- Collection History
- Collected in 1931 by journalist and anthropologist Gregory Mason (1889-1968) during fieldwork sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and MAI.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Catalog Number
- 18/1373
- Barcode
- 181373.000
- Object Type
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- Object Name
- Spinning top and string
- Media/Materials
- Wood, cordage, iron point
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- La Guajira Department; Colombia
- See related items
- Wayuu (Guajira/Goajiro)
- Games, Toys, Gambling
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_194070
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d6dbfe83-a36d-4979-9b04-36bfa7ebebfe
