Object Details
- 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- 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-
- Object Name
- Lamp
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Furnishings (Home)
