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Mene, a Greenland Inuit boy
Object Number 2004.29.2972
Display Title Mene, a Greenland Inuit boy
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo from Greenland. (Eskimauan) / Mene in 1898. This boy was brought to New York by Lieut. Peary. / Xref: P416 see reference file Minik. / From F. W. Putnam"
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Greenlandic Native styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam

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