Lamp

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Culture/People: Inughuit [Cape York]
Collector: Robert E. Peary (Robert Edwin Peary), Non-Indian, 1856-1920
Previous owner: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 1869-

Collection History: Collected by Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary (1856-1920), probably in 1891; acquired by the American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York) in 1896; acquired by MAI in 1919 through an exchange with the American Museum of Natural History.
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Place: Smith Sound; Qaanaaq Municipality (Thule, Qaanaap); Avannaa (North Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
Geographical Areas: Eastern Arctic

See related items: Inughuit [Cape York]; Furnishings (Home)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 8/9564
Barcode: 089564.000

Object Type: Furnishings (Home)

Object Name: Lamp
Media/Materials: Steatite/soapstone
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws65d26b997-4d9f-42ea-9f5c-9d0cd5436970

Record ID: NMAI_96558