Spoon
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo)
- Possible collector
- Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit (Greenland Eskimo), 1879-1933
- Previous owner
- Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
- Object Name
- Spoon
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Place
- Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmagssalik); Ammassalik Municipality (Angmagssalik, Ammassallip); Tunu (East Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Geographical Areas
- Eastern Arctic
- Collection History
- Possibly collected during the Fourth Thule Expedition (1919-1920), led by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933); formerly in the collection of the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1922.
- Catalog Number
- 11/3012
- Barcode
- 113012.000
- See related items
- Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) [Ammassalik] (Angmagsalik Eskimo)
- Food/Beverage Serving
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement