Royal Museum Of Northern Antiquities (later the National Museum of Denmark) Search this
Culture:
Eskimo, Inuit, East Greenland Inuit / Tunumiit Search this
Object Type:
Atlatl
Place:
East, Greenland
Accession Date:
21 Jul 1894
Notes:
FROM CARD: "*THROUGH DR. SOPHIUS MULLER, DIRECTOR. *JAN. 1974 THIS IS AS IT IS LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL LIST IN THE ACCESSION PAPERS, WITHOUT FURTHER DETAIL, BUT AS OF THIS DATE THE SPECIMEN THAT SHOWED UP IN THE COLLECTION WITH THIS NUMBER WAS A SPEAR THROWER OR ATLATL, MARKED E. GREENLAND. THEREFORE IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE ORIGINAL LIST WAS WRONG OR POSSIBLY INCOMPLETE AND THE THROWER WAS WITH A SPEAR ? - ROBERT ELDER."