Tool part/fragment
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1400–1600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
label: Expedition
content: Norcross-Bartlett Expedition (1933)
label: Expedition leader
content: Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (F.K. Curtis), Non-Indian, 1863-1936
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by anthropologist Junius Bird (1907-1982) in 1933 during the Norcross-Bartlett Expedition, led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett (1875-1946) and sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society, and the US Department of the Navy; Junius Bird’s participation in the expedition was sponsored by MAI trustee Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (1863-1936).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Fury and Hecla Strait; Igloolik Island (Iglulik); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Igloolik (Iglulik) 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: 18/5374
label: Barcode
content: 185374.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Tool part/fragment
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled