Snow knife (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- probably Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological) (attributed)
- Lender
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Expedition
- Peary Relief Expedition (1892)
- Expedition leader
- Angelo Heilprin, Non-Indian, 1853-1907
- Collection History
- Collected in 1892 by members of the Peary Relief Expedition, led by Arctic explorer Angelo Heilprin (1853-1907) and sponsored by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; lent to MAI by the Academy of Natural Sciences in 1929.
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- Place
- Grave; Sonntag Bay; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
- Geographical Areas
- Eastern Arctic
- See related items
- Inughuit [Cape York] (archaeological)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 16/7439
- Barcode
- 167439.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Snow knife (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Antler
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_179412