Oil lamp of clay, saucer shape, red pigment, shallow, 7 grooves incised inside under lip, floor of lamp has double X incised which is personal mark of owner.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound to Bristol Bay
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
before 1885
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Used for interior illumination, melting snow, cooking, drying clothes, heat.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 3.2 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: W. Hough, The Lamp of the Eskimo, Pl. 19.