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| Accession no.: |
N: 201g |
| Title: |
Lance, model |
| Description: |
Lance, model. Tunumiit (East Greenlanders). Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), Kalaallit Nunaata Tunua (East Greenland), no date. |
| Classified name: |
| Current cultural affiliation |
Tunumiit
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| Former cultural affiliation |
East Greenlanders
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| Cultural subgroup |
ammassalimmiut
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| Current place name |
Kalaallit Nunaata Tunu > Tasiilaq
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| Former place name |
East Greenland > Ammassalik (Angmassalik)
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| Getty AAT |
Models
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| Field collection: |
| Person |
Rymill, John Riddoch > |
| Organisation |
British Arctic Air Route Expedition 1930-31 > |
| Place |
Kalaallit Nunaata Tunu (East Greenland) > Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmassalik) |
| Date |
1930 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
Shaft is made from a single piece of wood, oval in cross-section, which tapers towards flattened curved proximal end. Shaft flares towards distal end which terminates in a circular ivory cap. Pointed ivory shaft with triangular blade is secured to wood shaft with sinew lashings threaded through two circular holes in ivory shaft and three circular holes in wood shaft.
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| Related record(s): |
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 7mm, length: 152mm
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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