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date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1600–1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
label: Expedition
content: Peary Memorial Expedition (1932)
label: Expedition leader
content: Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Arthur D. Norcross, Non-Indian, 1865-1969
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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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place: label: Place
content: House 3; Cape York; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Geographical Areas
content: Eastern Arctic
setName: label: See related items
content: Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological)
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content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/2921
label: Barcode
content: 182921.000
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content: Materials: Waste
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