Culture/People:

Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik)  Search this

Expedition:

Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924)  Search this

Previous owner:

Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933  Search this

Object Name:

Blubber pounder

Media/Materials:

Musk ox horn

Techniques:

Cut

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

Near Pelly Bay; Kugaaruk (Pelly Bay); Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada

Collection History:

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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Catalog Number:

16/2643

Barcode:

162643.000

See related items:

Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik)

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws607b5b1c6-c2b1-40cf-9c94-51c28e06e08c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_174367