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Sy-Ohligat, a Greenland Inuit woman
Media Restricted
Object Number 2004.29.2990
Display Title Sy-Ohligat, a Greenland Inuit woman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Eskimo - Greenland (Whale Sound) / Sy-Ohligat / Whale Sound Eskimos. R.E. Peary- 1891-2 See- "Northward Over the Great Ice" - Vol. 1 pp. 173-511"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Date 1891-1892
Artist Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
Culture
  • Greenlandic Native styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Whale Sound
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 11.43 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)

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