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Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic


Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic
Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic
Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic
Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic

Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic    Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic
11 1/2" L x 4 3/4" W x 1 3/4 T. Small Knife Marks and Tool Marks are Evident (See Images). Last Image is a Stock Photo that Shows How an Oil Lamp Was Used. Traditional qulliq used by the Arctic Peoples. This characteristic type of oil lamp provided warmth and light in the harsh Arctic environment where there was no wood and where the sparse inhabitants relied almost entirely on seal oil or on whale blubber.

It is said that the qulliq was the single most important article of furniture for the Inuit in their dwellings.


Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic    Large Outstanding Antique Qulliq, Kudlik, Inuit Seal Oil Lamp 11.5 Authentic