Hunting float nozzle/mouthpiece

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Culture/People: Kalaallit [Greenland]
Lender: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
Expedition: Peary Relief Expedition (1892)
Expedition leader: Angelo Heilprin, Non-Indian, 1853-1907

Collection History: Collected in 1892 by members of the Peary Relief Expedition, led by Arctic explorer Angelo Heilprin (1853-1907) and sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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Place: Netlek (Netchiolumi/Netiulumi); Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North 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: 16/7495
Barcode: 167495.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Hunting float nozzle/mouthpiece
Media/Materials: Ivory
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws642b543fd-3401-407b-bbe9-9492ca9a398e

Record ID: NMAI_179470