Harpoon head
- Date created
- probably AD 1200–1300
- Culture/People
- probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Expedition leader
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Expedition sponsor
- American Geographical Society
- Seller
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Collection History
- Collected in 1926 during an expedition led by George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and sponsored by the American Geographical Society (New York, New York); purchased by MAI from George Palmer Putnam in 1927.
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- Place
- Pond Inlet (Ponds Inlet, Mittimatalik); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
- Archipelago
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Island Name
- Baffin Island
- Island Grouping
- Baffin Island Group
- See related items
- Thule Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/2289
- Barcode
- 152289.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Record ID
- NMAI_163520