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Object Number
18-8-10/87291
Display Title
Iron pyrites for fire making
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Stone, pyrite, 2 unworked pieces
Classification
- Mineral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Materials
Pyrite
Dimensions
Overall: 2.9 x 2.7 x 2.9 cm (1 1/8 x 1 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
87291
Provenance
Provenance
Ellen Paine Huling
(1905-1909)
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Raw Material |
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Mineral
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Greenland
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| 56-30-20/21146 | Pyrites inlay from mirror |
Modified Lithic
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| |
| 11-6-20/C5534 | Pyrites |
Raw Material
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Holmul
| |
| 2004.24.3133 | Hands illustrating Eskimo method of fire-making with pyrites |
North America
| ||
| 2004.24.3134 | Hands illustrating Eskimo method of fire-making with pyrites |
North America
| ||
|
Image Not Available
for Pyrites
| 11-6-20/C5571 | Pyrites |
Raw Material
|
Holmul
| |
| 11-6-20/C5549 | Fragments of worked pyrites |
Raw Material
|
Holmul
| |
| 38-83-20/6162 | iron pyrites |
Miscellaneous
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Uaxactun
| |
| 48-19-20/17882 | 2 iron pyrites mirror fragments |
Miscellaneous
Raw Material |
Los Naranjos
| |
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Image Not Available
for Stone and iron pyrites plaque or mirror
| 38-83-20/6016 | Stone and iron pyrites plaque or mirror |
Kaminaljuyu
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