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Object Number
93-14-10/49705
Display Title
Sealskin trunks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Naatsut, puisip amianik sanaaq
Object Description
Sealskin trunks
Inventory Description
Woman's trunks, seal fur, worn
Classification
- Underwear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Materials
Ringed Seal skin
Dimensions
Overall: 38.5 x 23 cm (15 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49705
Provenance
Collector
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
Donor
Donated by
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1893)
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