Qulliq
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The qulliq[1] (seal-oil, blubber or soapstone lamp,[2] Inuktitut: ᖁᓪᓕᖅ, alternatively kudlik[3] IPA: [qulːiq]; Inupiaq: naniq), is the traditional oil lamp used by Arctic peoples, including the Inuit, the Chukchi[4] and the Yupik peoples.[5]
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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 important article of furniture for the Inuit in their dwellings.[6]