Firestarting flint
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tunumiit [East Greenland] [Ammassalik]
label: Possible collector
content: Ejnar Mikkelsen, Non-Indian, 1880-1971
label: Expedition
content: Ford-Bartlett East Greenland Expedition (1930)
label: Expedition leader
content: Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
label: Expedition sponsor
content: James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmagssalik); Ammassalik Municipality (Angmagssalik, Ammassallip); Tunu (East Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Geographical Areas
content: Eastern Arctic
setName: label: See related items
content: Tunumiit [East Greenland] [Ammassalik]
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 17/7261
label: Barcode
content: 177261.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firestarting flint
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped