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Image: Commemorative figurine from DKE, showing Peary atop globe

Commemorative figurine from DKE, showing Peary atop globe
United States souvenir

Dec. 18, 1909
3 x 3 x 6 in. (8 x 8 x 15 cm)


Object Type: souvenir
Creation Places: North America, United States, New York
Medium and Support: plaster
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Kerr
Accession Number: 1992.12.1
Made for the fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE), this plaster figurine honors Robert E. Peary, shown standing on the top of a globe hemisphere. A dinner honoring Peary—a member of DKE while at Bowdoin— took place on Dec. 18, 1909.

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Location Latitude: 40.661, Longitude: -73.944

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