Spindle whorl
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1000–1400
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Non-Indian (archaeological) (attributed); probably used by the Kalaallit [Greenland]
label: Excavator
content: Therkel Mathiassen, Non-Indian, 1892-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by Therkel Mathiassen (1892-1967, Danish archaeologist, ethnographer, and cartographer) in 1934, possibly during fieldwork sponsored by the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); subsequently in the collection of the Nationalmuseet; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1935.
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place: label: Place
content: House 2; Narsarsuaq (Narssarssuaq); Qaqortoq Municipality (Julianehåb, Julianehaab); Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Geographical Areas
content: Eastern Arctic
setName: label: See related items
content: Non-Indian (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Kalaallit [Greenland] (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Weaving tools/equipment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/7946
label: Barcode
content: 187946.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Weaving tools/equipment
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spindle whorl
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled