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[Inuit] behind Ahnighito meteorite in situ, almost entirely buried in the ground, Greenland, [1896]

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[Inuit] behind Ahnighito meteorite in situ, almost entirely buried in the ground, Greenland, [1896]

[1896]

Film negatives

8 x 10

The Ahnighito meteorite is currently on exhibit in the Arthur Ross Hall of Meteorites (2019). It was collected on the Peary Expedition to Greenland (1897).

This image may have been made between 1895 and 1897.

Greenland

AMNH Library authority record: Ahnighito (Meteorite)

AMNH Library authority record: Peary Arctic Expedition (1896)

American Museum of Natural History Library

Information on rights available at the repository.

2A.3966

American Museum of Natural History

Citation

Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920 (photographer), “[Inuit] behind Ahnighito meteorite in situ, almost entirely buried in the ground, Greenland, [1896],” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/90689.