Commemorative figurine from DKE, showing Peary atop globe
United States souvenir
Dec. 18, 19093 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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Latitude: 40.661, Longitude: -73.944
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- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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