Lamp

Object Details

Collector

Dr. Isaac I. Hayes

Donor Name

Accession Number Unknown

FROM CARD: "SOAPSTONE. FOUND AMONG EFFECTS OF DR. [EMIL] BESSELS." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "176064. STONE LAMP.-EXCAVATED FROM SOAPSTONE; THE WICK EDGE SLIGHTLY CURVED, THE BACK BOWED, FORMING A SHELL-SHAPED DISH. THE LAMP SEEMS TO SHOW TRACES OF HAVING BEEN WORKED WITH STONE TOOLS. THE REAR WALL IS NEARLY VERTICAL; THE RESERVOIR NEATLY HOLLOWED OUT, BEING DEEPEST IN THE MIDDLE, GENTLY SLOPING UP TO THE LIP AND TO THE REAR. A SHALLOW GROOVE HAS BEEN CUT ALONG THE INNER MARGIN OF THE LIP FOR CONVENIENCE IN INSTALLING THE WICK. THE STONE IS WORKED THIN AND RESEMBLES POTTERY. THE LAMP IS PROBABLY ONE USED IN SUMMER OR IN TRAVELING; IT IS WIDER THAN THE CUMBERLAND GULF TYPE. LENGTH, 7 INCHES; WIDTH, 4 1/2 INCHES; HEIGHT, 7/8 INCH. ESKIMO, SMITH SOUND. 176,064. COLLECTED BY DR. I. I. HAYES."

Record Last Modified

26 Aug 2021

Specimen Count

1

Accession Number

000000

USNM Number

E176064-0

Object Type

Lamp

Length - Object

18 cm

Width - Object

11.4 cm

Height - Object

2.223 cm

Place

Smith Sound (Near), Northwest, Greenland

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Anthropology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8351400

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3abd0a742-9fa9-4aa6-a109-cdd58abd9184