Worked animal tusk
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1400–1600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible excavator
content: Helge Larsen (Helge Eyvin Larsen), Non-Indian, 1905-1984
label: Previous owner
content: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably excavated by in 1934 or 1935 by Danish archaeologist and geographer Helge Larsen (1905-1984); formerly in the collection of Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark); acquired by MAI in 1936 through an exchange with Nationalmuseet.
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place: label: Place
content: House 4 passage, House 5, Square A^1; Eskimo Bay, Clavering Island; Northeast Greenland National Park; Tunu (East Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Island Name
content: Clavering Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Greenland Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Eastern Arctic
setName: label: See related items
content: Thule Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/1391
label: Barcode
content: 191391.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked animal tusk
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory
label: Techniques
content: Cut, drilled