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Object Number 93-14-10/49690
Display Title Soapstone lamps
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Qulleq, ukkusissamik sanaaq
Inventory Description Stone dish, triangular, one edge darkened, burn marks
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic highlands
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 24.5 x 5.5 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49690
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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