Heye Foundation collection of Native American artifacts

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Native American artifact collection archaeological collection ethnographic collection museum collection

The Heye Foundation collection of Native American artifacts is a vast and historically significant assemblage of Indigenous material culture from across the Americas that later formed the core of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American artifact collection ⓘ archaeological collection ⓘ ethnographic collection ⓘ museum collection ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Museum of the American Indian NERFINISHED ⓘ National Museum of the American Indian NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formsCoreOf	National Museum of the American Indian NERFINISHED ⓘ Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCollector	George Gustav Heye NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalFocus	Alaska Native peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFoundation	Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGeographicScope	Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	formed the basis for a national museum dedicated to Native American history and culture ⓘ one of the largest collections of Indigenous material culture from the Americas ⓘ
hasLocation	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMaterialType	archaeological specimens ⓘ basketry ⓘ beadwork ⓘ ceramics ⓘ ethnographic objects ⓘ metal objects ⓘ ornaments ⓘ regalia ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ stone tools ⓘ textiles ⓘ tools ⓘ weapons ⓘ wooden objects ⓘ
hasNotableSubcollection	Amazonian ethnographic collections ⓘ Andean archaeological materials ⓘ George Gustav Heye ethnological collections ⓘ Northwest Coast art NERFINISHED ⓘ Plains Indian material culture ⓘ Southwest pottery ⓘ pre-Columbian art of Mesoamerica ⓘ
hasTimeSpan	historic period ⓘ pre-Columbian period ⓘ
partOf	Smithsonian Institution collections NERFINISHED ⓘ

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