Bannerstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1927 by Donald A. Cadzow (1894-1960, MAI staff member) during the George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition, led by George Palmer Putnam (1887-1950) and sponsored by MAI and other institutions.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1900
- Catalog Number
- 15/7975
- Barcode
- 157975.000
- Culture/People
- probably Inuit (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960
- Expedition
- George Putnam Baffin Island Expedition (1927)
- Expedition leader
- George Palmer Putnam (G.P. Putnam), Non-Indian, 1887-1950
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bannerstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Place
- Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
- Archipelago
- Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Island Name
- Dorset Island
- Island Grouping
- Baffin Island Group
- See related items
- Inuit (archaeological)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_169556
