Knife

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Culture/People: Kalaallit [Greenland]
Collector: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
Seller: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
MAI agent: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950

Collection History: Collected by Claude Vigneau (1881-1966), who served aboard the Arctic patrol ship "C.G.S. Arctic" from 1908 until at least 1923; purchased by MAI from Claude Vigneau in 1925 through anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950).
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Place: Disko Island; Qeqertarsuaq Municipality; Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Island Name: Disko Island
Island Grouping: Greenland Islands
Geographical Areas: Eastern Arctic

See related items: Kalaallit [Greenland]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 13/6982
Barcode: 136982.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Knife
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Incised, carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69493f53f-298c-4000-9aba-cbffe55cd26e

Record ID: NMAI_147495