Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1927 by anthropologist Junius Bird (1907-1982) during the George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition, led by George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and sponsored by MAI and other institutions; donated to MAI by Junius Bird in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
- Expedition
- George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition (1927)
- Expedition leader
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Donor
- Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
- Date created
- probably AD 1400–1600
- Object Name
- Scraper
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
