Drinking vessel
1916–1923 | Martin Gusinde
on view: Neue Hofburg / Weltmuseum Wien, Weltmuseum Wien Culture war in Vienna
Gusinde believed that using seashells as drinking vessels demonstrated the Yaghan’s high degree of adaptation to their environment instead of their “primitiveness” as assumed by other researchers.
Gusinde believed that using seashells as drinking vessels demonstrated the Yaghan’s high degree of adaptation to their environment instead of their “primitiveness” as assumed by other researchers.
Collection:
Martin Gusinde (1886 Breslau - 1969 Mödling) DNB
Time:
1916–1923
Entry Date:
1927
Object Name
Drinking vessel
Culture
Yaghan (Yamana)
Material/technology:
Voluta shell
Copyright
Weltmuseum Wien
Collection area
South America
Geography
Südamerika/Feuerland/Chile
Invs.
121589
