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Author Kunit fra Umivik (Inuit hunter from Greenland)

Date of creation 1885

Ammassalik Coastline Sculpture

A sculpted guide to a stretch of coast north of Ammassalik, made by a local hunter to explain navigation to the Danish expedition captain Gustav Holm, who later wrote his deep despise for Inuit geographical artefacts.

Ammassalik Coastline Sculpture

Image:© Greenland National Museum and Archives

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