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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
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