Hamhmam

Hamhmam lies in Karukinka, the Selk'nam name for Tierra del Fuego. The island's northern and central plains and its southern mountains were home to Selk'nam communities. Hunting supplied food and skins, and guanaco and fox skins were used for clothing and footwear.

Selk'nam extended families occupied territories known as haruwenh, whose boundaries neighbouring groups generally respected. The nearby Haush shared a number of cultural traits with the Selk'nam. European ships began passing the southern continent in the sixteenth century.