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Fire stones (two fragments of iron pyrite)
Object Number 93-14-10/49712
Display Title Fire stones (two fragments of iron pyrite)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone, iron pyrite, fragments from 1 stone
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic highlands
Materials Pyrite
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm (1 15/16 x 2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 49712
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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