Esquimaux Stone Lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William A. Mintzer
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. William A. Mintzer
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "NIANTEL ESQUIMAUX. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; P1. 2, FIG. 2; P. 1042." FROM CARD: "SMALL STONE LAMP WITH POCKET.---EXCAVATED FROM SOAPSTONE, CRESCENTIC IN OUTLINE. IT IS BALANCED ON A ROUNDED BASE, TIPPING WITH EASE FROM FRONT TO BACK, BUT NOT FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE RESERVOIR IS DEEP, AND AT THE REAR A POCKET IS FORMED BOUNDED BY A CURVING WALL. THE WICK EDGE SLANTS RATHER SHARPLY DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE RESERVOIR. THE INTENT OF THE POCKET AT THE REAR IS NOT KNOWN; IN THIS SPECIMEN IT FORMS A CONVENIENT PLACE FOR INSERTION OF THE THUMB IN REMOVING OR CARRYING THE LAMP. THE SPECIMEN IS VERY NEATLY FINISHED. LENGTH, 3 5/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 1 7/8 INCHES; HEIGHT, 3/4 INCH. ESKIMO, CUMBERLAND GULF, CANADA. 29,968. COLLECTED BY LIEUT. W. A. MINTZER, U. S. N. ."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baffin Island / Cumberland Gulf (Cumberland Sound), Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005449
label: USNM Number
content: E29968-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 9.207 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.762 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 1.91 cm