Spear model/miniature

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Culture/People: Kalaallit [Greenland]
Collector: Dr. Thorild Wulff, Non-Indian, 1877-1917
Previous owner: Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History)

Collection History: Collected by Thorild Wulff (1877-1917, a Swedish botanist and polar explorer) between 1916 and 1917; formerly in the collection of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum (Stockholm, Sweden); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in 1922.
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Place: Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Geographical Areas: Eastern Arctic

See related items: Kalaallit [Greenland]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 11/509
Barcode: 110509.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Indigenous Term: kakiait

Object Name: Spear model/miniature
Media/Materials: Wood, iron point, cordage
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e069d88b-3fdb-4fa2-83ed-ff674dc8adf2

Record ID: NMAI_119114