Harpoon foreshaft (unfinished)
date: label: Date created
content: probably 1700–1870
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tunumiit [East Greenland] (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Therkel Mathiassen, Non-Indian, 1892-1967
label: Previous owner
content: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated in 1931 or 1932 by Therkel Mathiassen (1892-1967, Danish archaeologist, ethnographer, and cartographer) 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 1932.
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place: label: Place
content: Excavation Field D near House Site 4; Kangârtik; 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] (archaeological)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/4206
label: Barcode
content: 184206.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon foreshaft (unfinished)
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved