Stone Lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "EXCHANGED. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XXVIII-3; P. 74 ALSO IN USNM REPT, 1896; PL. 17, FIG. 1; P. 1052." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "LAMP. SOAPSTONE, APPARENTLY WITH STONE TOOLS. THE ORIGINAL SURFACE OF THE STONE SHOWS IN ONE PLACE ON THE EXTERIOR. IT IS ROUGHLY HEMISPHERICAL. WHEN RESTING ON THE ROUNDED AND INSECURE BASE THE RIM OF THE LAMP SLANTS AT AN ANGLE OF ABOUT 37 DEGREES, THE WALLS OF THE CAVITY BEING HIGH AT THE REAR, RUNNING DOWN AND MERGING INTO THE WICK EDGE. THE FLOOR RISES FROM THE MIDDLE TOWARD THE BACK AND FRONT. THE BRIDGE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO EQUAL SECTIONS BY A V-SHAPED CUT IN THE MIDDLE, THE OIL THUS FLOWING TO THE WICK THROUGH THREE CHANNELS. THE WICK EDGE IS SLIGHTLY CURVING AND WIDER THAN THE BACK OF THE LAMP. LENGTH TO REAR, 6 INCHES; WIDTH AT WICK EDGE, 6 1/2 INCHES; HEIGHT AT REAR, 4 3/8 INCHES; HEIGHT AT FRONT, 1 1/2 INCHES. CHUKCHIS, EASTERN SIBERIA. 64,222. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Notes
content: TO H.D. PAXSON, PA, 1901.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 May 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Eastern, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo (?)
label: Culture
content: Chukchi (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E64222-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - To Rear
content: 15 cm
label: Width - At Wick Edge
content: 16.5 cm
label: Height - At Rear
content: 11.113 cm
label: Height - At Front
content: 3.8 cm