Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by anthropologist Junius Bird (1907-1982) in 1932 during the Peary Memorial Expedition to erect a memorial to Commander Robert E. Peary (1856-1920) at Cape York, Greenland, led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett (1875-1946) and sponsored by members of the Peary family, Captain Bartlett, and Arthur D. Norcross (1865-1969, a publisher and nature philanthropist); items collected by Junius Bird during the expedition were deposited with MAI in 1932.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
- Expedition
- Peary Memorial Expedition (1932)
- Expedition leader
- Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
- Expedition sponsor
- Arthur D. Norcross, Non-Indian, 1865-1969
- Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
- Date created
- probably AD 1400–1600
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
