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Object Number
93-14-10/49710
Display Title
Bird-skin wrapper for moss tinder
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Bird-skin with feathers, rolled up
Classification
- Faunal
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Materials
Baleen, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm (5 1/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49710 & 49710 Bird skin & POISON
Provenance
Provenance
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93-14-10/49711 | Moss tinder |
Moss
|
Greenland
| |
| 93-14-10/49708 | Bird skin |
Faunal
|
Greenland
| |
| 21-14-10/87684 | Fire set and tinder (skin bag to hold the tinder only?) |
Tools
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 36-89-10/6232 | Wads of tinder--part of contents of skin bag, 10-6228 |
Floral
|
Greenland
| |
| 2004.24.18776 | Photograph of cradle with deer skin wrapper |
United States
| ||
| 21-8-10/87645 | Gambling sticks in skin wrapper |
Game
|
British Columbia
| |
| 2000.27.9.2 | Textile "wrapper," resist-dyed, bird pattern |
Woven
|
Ibadan
| |
| 2000.27.9.1 | Textile "wrapper," resist-dyed, bird pattern |
Woven
|
Ibadan
| |
| 2003.1.85 | Partial bird wing and loose feathers |
Faunal
| ||
| 23-29-10/98069 | Bag of moss for lamp wicks |
Bag
|
Greenland
| |
| 2002.1.2282 | Piece of bird skin with black feathers |
Ornament
| ||
| 03-3-10/62301 | Men's winter suit, bird skin pumps |
Slipper
|
Baffin Island
|