Esquimaux Pot Of Soap Stone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1862
label: Collection Date
content: 1860 to 1861
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; PL. 9, FIG. 3; P. 1048." "COOKING POT. -OF SOAPSTONE; THE WALLS THIN AND STRONGLY BULGED AT THE SIDES, THE ENDS SLIGHTLY SO. THE SIDES SLANT OUTWARD IN REVERSE OF THOSE OF UNGAVA, LABRADOR. THE BOTTOM IS FLAT. AT EACH CORNER A HOLE IS DRILLED IN THE ANGLE BELOW THE EDGE FOR THE SUSPENDING CORDS. FOR ITS SIZE THE VESSEL IS VERY LIGHT; IT SHOWS THE HIGHEST GRADE OF WORK IN SOAPSTONE. LENGTH, 13 3/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 8 INCHES; HEIGHT, 4 3/4 INCHES. ITAH [i.e. Etah village] ESKIMO, PORT FOULKE, WEST GREENLAND. 563. COLLECTED BY DR. I. I. HAYES."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Port Foulke (Foulke Havn), Smith Sound (Near), Northwest, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000020
label: USNM Number
content: E563-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pot
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33.973 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12.07 cm