Qulliq
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qulliq-206-6111875
title:
Qulliq
text:
The qulliq or kudlik, is the traditional oil lamp used by many circumpolar peoples, including the Inuit, the Chukchi and the Yupik peoples. The fuel is seal-oil or blubber, and the lamp is made of soapstone. A qulliq is lit with a stick called a taqqut. 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. This lamp was the single most importan
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Traditional oil lamp used by Arctic peoples
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qulliq
date created:
2008-11-04T17:44:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T15:41:58Z
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