Lamp

Museum number:
2-19251
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Oil lamp, triangular of soapstone, made from broken part of larger lamp; a strip of bone (probably) is lashed to one side of lamp where holes have been drilled in order to achieve even height.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1885
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-19251, described as Oil lamp, triangular of soapstone, made from broken part of larger lamp; a strip of bone (probably) is lashed to one side of lamp where holes have been drilled in order to achieve even height.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-19251, described as Oil lamp, triangular of soapstone, made from broken part of larger lamp; a strip of bone (probably) is lashed to one side of lamp where holes have been drilled in order to achieve even height.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-19251, described as Oil lamp, triangular of soapstone, made from broken part of larger lamp; a strip of bone (probably) is lashed to one side of lamp where holes have been drilled in order to achieve even height.

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