Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected during the Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924), led by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933); formerly in the collection of the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Expedition
- Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924)
- Previous owner
- Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
- Expedition leader
- Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1900
- Object Name
- Harpoon foreshaft part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Narwhal ivory
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
