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Schematic watercolor cutaway showing a filled kiviaq pouch below the ground surface with stones above; the pit shape and dimensions are unspecified.
Built structures

Kiviaq shallow burial pit

A shallow ground feature documented in Siorapaluk for holding a filled kiviaq hide pouch beneath stones; the accounts give no measurements or fixed construction design.

Pits and cavities
Siorapaluk
Watercolor-and-ink illustration of a separate shallow soapstone qulliq lamp and rectangular soapstone cooking pot, based on inspected museum references.
Equipment

Qulliq and ukkusik

A qulliq oil lamp and a separate ukkusik cooking pot form an Inuit heat-processing pair. Sources document soapstone forms, animal-oil lighting and cooking uses, and museum objects from the Eastern Arctic.

Lamps and burners
Canada
Archival illustration of a headless, sewn seal-hide kiviaq pouch holding seabirds beneath a few stones in shallow Arctic soil.
Equipment

Seal-skin kiviaq pouch

At Siorapaluk in northwestern Greenland, a seal hide is documented as a flexible, sewn vessel for kiviaq. Local accounts show the pouch made from a whole skin and buried beneath stones; its dimensions and capacity are not recorded.

Skins and bladders
Siorapaluk