Object Details
- Culture/People
- probably Non-Indian (attributed)
- Collector
- J. Louis Schaefer (John Louis Schaefer), Non-Indian, 1867-1927
- Previous owner
- J. Louis Schaefer (John Louis Schaefer), Non-Indian, 1867-1927
- Susan Karsch Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1872-1955
- Donor
- J. Louis Schaefer, Jr. (John Louis Schaefer, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1898-1981
- Kathryn S. Gerdau (Kathryn Schaefer Gerdau/Mrs. Carl Gerdau), Non-Indian, 1900-1964
- Susan Grace Sandblom (Susan Grace Schaefer Sandblom/Mrs. John Philip Sandblom), Non-Indian, 1907-1994
- Bernhard K. Schaefer, Non-Indian, 1897-1985
- Collection History
- Collected in the early 1900s by J. Louis Schaefer (1867-1927, a New York City banker with financial interests in Latin America) during travel to South America; inherited by his wife, Susan Karsch Schaefer (1872-1955); donated to MAI in 1956 by their children: J. Louis Schaefer, Jr. (1898-1981), Kathryn Schafer Gerdau (Mrs. Carl Gerdau, 1900-1964), Susan Grace Schaefer Sandblom (Mrs. John Philip Sandblom, 1907-1994); and Bernhard K. Schaefer (1897-1985).
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- Catalog Number
- 22/5031
- Barcode
- 225031.000
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Object Name
- Mate straw/Bombilla
- Media/Materials
- Silver, brass
- Techniques
- Cast
- Place
- Argentina
- See related items
- Non-Indian
- Food/Beverage Serving
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_239896
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws677ab354b-4e0b-47bb-a133-3a399c231186
