Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1930 by a Danish colonial administrator in Tasiilaq (possibly polar explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen [1880-1971]) during the Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition, led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett (1875-1946) and sponsored by MAI and MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tunumiit [East Greenland] [Ammassalik]
- Possible collector
- Ejnar Mikkelsen, Non-Indian, 1880-1971
- Expedition
- Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition (1930)
- Expedition leader
- Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
- Expedition sponsor
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Object Name
- Spear model/miniature part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, iron point
- Techniques
- Perforated, beveled, carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
