Lamp, Stone - Pottery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "38077-8. #38078 - ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. XXVIII-2 P. 74. 38077-8: ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1896; P1. 19, FIGS. 1-2; P. 1054." FROM CARD: (DUP CARD) ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1; P1. XXVIII-2; P. 74. ALSO: USNM AR, 1896; P1. 19. FIG. 2; P. 1054. LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990." FROM CARD: "LAMP.---OF POTTERY, SOAKED WITH OIL. SAUCER SHAPE. IN THE BOTTOM IS A SQUARE CROSS IN A CIRCULAR FIELD BOUNDED BY THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR GROOVES AROUND THE SIDE. THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIM HAS THREE GROOVES, THE BOTTOM IS QUITE SMOOTH AND EVEN IN OUTLINE. TRACES OF MOSS ARE FOUND IN THE GROOVES. THE FUNCTION OF THE GROOVES, IF THEY ARE MORE THAN DECORATIVE, IS NOT KNOWN. THE LAMP MAY HAVE BEEN BURNED BY MEANS OF A PIECE OF MOSS PLACED IN THE CENTER OR FLOATING IN THE OIL LIKE THOSE OF THE NOVAKS (KENNA TENT LIFE IN SIBERIA, P. 175). DIAMETER, 3 7/8 INCHES; HEIGHT, 1 1/2 INCHES. ESKIMO OF LOWER YUKON, ALASKA. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38078-2
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 9.843 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.8 cm