Ulu knife handle

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Culture/People: Kalaallit [Greenland]
Collector: Therkel Mathiassen, Non-Indian, 1892-1967
Previous owner: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)

Collection History: Collected by Therkel Mathiassen (1892-1967, Danish archaeologist, ethnographer, and cartographer) at an unknown date, possibly during fieldwork sponsored by the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); subsequently in the collection of the Nationalmuseet; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1935.
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Place: Qaqortoq (Julianehåb, Julianehaab); Qaqortoq Municipality (Julianehåb, Julianehaab); Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Geographical Areas: Eastern Arctic

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

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 18/7928
Barcode: 187928.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Ulu knife handle
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64a5fe1f6-4a82-4556-8a06-d0e6524d6c28

Record ID: NMAI_200514