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Object Number
93-14-10/49711
Display Title
Moss tinder
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pieces of moss or bark
Classification
- Moss
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Materials
Moss
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (3 9/16 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
3 pieces, moss fibers and dust
Label on object
49711
Provenance
Provenance
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
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