Fireboard
- Date created
- probably AD 1400–1600
- Culture/People
- probably Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Expedition
- Fifth Thule Expedition (1921-1924)
- Previous owner
- Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
- Expedition leader
- Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933
- 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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- Place
- House ruin 8; Qilalukan; 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)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/2195
- Barcode
- 162195.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Fireboard
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Drilled
- Record ID
- NMAI_173974