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: "STONE LAMP.---LARGE, ELLIPTIC LAMP, NEATLY EXCAVATED FROM SOAPSTONE. IT IS VERY DEEPLY HOLLOWED OUT, THE WICK EDGE NEARLY STRAIGHT AND SMOOTHLY WORKED. NOT BEING BALANCED, THE LAMP REQUIRES SUPPORT. AT THE ENDS OF THE LAMP BELOW ARE SLIGHT PROJECTIONS, FOR THE RECEPTION OF FORKED SUPPORTS LIKE THOSE USED AT EAST MAIN, LABRADOR. THIS FINE LAMP HAS SEEN LONG SERVICE, BEING SATURATED AND GLAZED WITH OIL. LENGTH, 23 INCHES; WIDTH, 8 1/4 INCHES; HEIGHT WHEN LEVEL, 5 INCHES. ESKIMO, CUMBERLAND GULF, CANADA. 29,965. 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: E29965-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20.95 cm
label: Height - When Level
content: 13 cm