Awl/perforator
- Date created
- probably AD 1400–1600
- Culture/People
- possibly Thule Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
- Expedition
- George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition (1927)
- Expedition leader
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Donor
- Junius Bird (Junius Bouton Bird), Non-Indian, 1907-1982
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1927 by anthropologist Junius Bird (1907-1982) during the George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition, led by George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and sponsored by MAI and other institutions; donated to MAI by Junius Bird in 1928.
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- Place
- House Ruins; Mill Island, Hudson Strait; Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
- Archipelago
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Island Name
- Mill 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
- 15/8241
- Barcode
- 158241.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Awl/perforator
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_169663