Firestarting pyrite
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1400–1600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition
content: Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924)
label: Previous owner
content: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
label: Expedition leader
content: Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected during the Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924), led by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933); formerly in the collection of the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1928.
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place: label: Place
content: House ruin 8; Qilalukan; Pond Inlet (Ponds Inlet, Mittimatalik); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Baffin Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Baffin Island Group
setName: label: See related items
content: Thule Tradition (archaeological culture)
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: 16/2194
label: Barcode
content: 162194.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Firestarting pyrite
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground