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Actions	Inuit fire dish Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberP5429 TitleInuit fire dish DescriptionOblong soapstone vessel presented by Captain John Simpson. Used traditionally as an oil lamp by Arctic Peoples, known as a qulliq. Accompanying label states it is an Inuit stone cooking vessel and fire dish originating from the Davis Straits that would have been lit by a fire made by combining dried moss and oil. Production placeDavis Straits (west side) Object namefire dish Materialsoapstone

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Object numberP5429

TitleInuit fire dish

DescriptionOblong soapstone vessel presented by Captain John Simpson. Used traditionally as an oil lamp by Arctic Peoples, known as a qulliq. Accompanying label states it is an Inuit stone cooking vessel and fire dish originating from the Davis Straits that would have been lit by a fire made by combining dried moss and oil.

Production placeDavis Straits (west side)

Object namefire dish

Materialsoapstone

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