Harpoon foreshaft
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1500–1600
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (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 1929 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 1931.
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place: label: Place
content: Field near house sites, Square A19; Illutalik (Igdlutalik) Island; Kangaamiut; Maniitsoq Municipality (Sukkertoppen); Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Island Name
content: Illutalik (Igdlutalik) 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: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/541
label: Barcode
content: 180541.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon foreshaft
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved, drilled