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The Indians of Tierra del Fuego (1928)

Lothrop, S. K. (Samuel Kirkland), 1892-1965, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 192

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i6o INDIANS OF TIERRA DEL FUEGO At certain seasons of the year Beagle channel is infested by small sardine-like fish which the Yahgan captured in dip-nets … According to Hyades Fig. 89. — Yahgan dip-net. Height, (1891, p. 372) the Yah- 12 in. (14/2321) gan sometimes erected in suitable places fish-weirs consisting of a row of stakes. Of these I saw no trace in Tierra del Fuego. Social Organization Yahgan society was based on the family. There was no…

Fuegians · Ona Indians · Yahgan Indians · Ona language · Yahgan language

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