body_part

queequegs arm

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Properties

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0
description
Queequeg's arm, heavily tattooed with an 'interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure,' which the narrator observes closely upon waking and notes its resemblance to the patchwork counterpane.
design_description
Cretan labyrinth
owner
Queequeg
physical_trait
tattooed
position_upon_waking
thrown over Narrator

Relationships

  • resemblesCounterpane
    description
    The narrator observes that Queequeg's tattooed arm, with its varied hues, looks remarkably similar to the patchwork quilt.
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    source_text
    this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt
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    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:02:42.133Z
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