Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1927 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) during the George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition, led by George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and sponsored by MAI and other institutions.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Expedition
- George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition (1927)
- Expedition leader
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Date created
- probably AD 1400–1600
- Object Name
- Grinding stone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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