kamik

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Object Type: kamik
Museum number: Am1994,06.2.g
Description: Scraped and chewed sample of seal skin, bearded seal, ujuk, hair off, cut for sole of adult's boot, kamik.
Producer name: Made by: Mary Peter
Production ethnic group: Made by: Inuit; Made by: Eskimo-Aleut
Production date: 1992-1994 (?)
Excavator/field collector: Field Collection by: Jonathan C H King (British Museum Ethnography Dept. staff; field collection)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Iqaluit
Materials: bearded seal skin
Technique: scraped
Dimensions: Length: 35 centimetres; Width: 19 centimetres
Curator's comments: Eth.Doc.1574. Purchased April 22 1994, part of field collection made by J.C.King.
Location: Not on display
Condition: Fair
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Mary Peter
Acquisition date: 1994
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1994,06.2.g

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