Spear
- Culture/People
- Inughuit [Cape York]
- Possible Expedition
- Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884)
- Expedition leader
- General Adolphus Washington Greely (General A. W. Greely), Non-Indian, 1844-1935
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Possibly collected between 1881 and 1884 by members of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Adolphus W. Greely (1844-1935); acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") circa 1916; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Smith Sound; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Geographical Areas
- Eastern Arctic
- See related items
- Inughuit [Cape York]
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/3099
- Barcode
- 053099.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Spear
- Media/Materials
- Narwhal ivory, iron point
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_56628