Bead/beads
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1800
- Culture/People
- Non-Indian (archaeological); probably used by the Kalaallit [Greenland]
- Excavator
- Therkel Mathiassen, Non-Indian, 1892-1967
- Previous owner
- Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
- Collection History
- Excavated by Therkel Mathiassen (1892-1967, Danish archaeologist, ethnographer, and cartographer) in 1934, 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
- House 5; Narsarsuaq (Narssarssuaq); Qaqortoq Municipality (Julianehåb, Julianehaab); Kitaa (West Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Geographical Areas
- Eastern Arctic
- See related items
- Non-Indian (archaeological)
- Kalaallit [Greenland] (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/7950
- Barcode
- 187950.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Record ID
- NMAI_200884