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Oil lamp, or quilliq
3 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (9 x 54 x 35 cm)Inuit (aka Eskimo, Inuk),
Object Type:
household item
Creation Place:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
stone
Credit Line:
Gift of Donald and Miriam MacMillan
Accession Number:
1966.64
The stone oil lamp was the heart of an Inuit household. Women placed powdered dry moss on the edge for a wick, and used pieces of blubber or seal oil as fuel.
Current Location:
Business Parkway : Collections Storage : Unit 40 : Level I
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Gallery C 1967-1998 Ian McKibbin White , 1/1/1967 - 7/1/1998
- Down the Labrador: MacMillan in the Big Land The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 11/12/1999 - 9/2/2001
- This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland , 10/19/2005 - 10/14/2007
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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