Lamp

Museum number:
2-3960
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003960
Alternate number:
x-106 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved pumice, oval and scoop like; Museum's Catalog says "Lamp..." The stone was not used for that purpose; no remains of fat. This use is very unlikely because of the porosity of this pumice. But was probably used as skin dressing talc(?).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
working skin
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3960, described as Carved pumice, oval and scoop like; Museum's Catalog says "Lamp..." The stone was not used for that purpose; no remains of fat. This use is very unlikely because of the porosity of this pumice. But was probably used as skin dressing talc(?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3960, described as Carved pumice, oval and scoop like; Museum's Catalog says "Lamp..." The stone was not used for that purpose; no remains of fat. This use is very unlikely because of the porosity of this pumice. But was probably used as skin dressing talc(?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3960, described as Carved pumice, oval and scoop like; Museum's Catalog says "Lamp..." The stone was not used for that purpose; no remains of fat. This use is very unlikely because of the porosity of this pumice. But was probably used as skin dressing talc(?).

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