Lamp

Museum number:
2-3979
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003979
Alternate number:
x-125 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.
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
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Interior illumination, heat, cooking, melting snow, drying clothes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962), S1962-1963 #54: Florence Rosen (April 30, 1963–May 6, 1963), S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963), and S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-3979, described as Oil lamp. Carved stone, rectangular, rounded at one end, pointed at the other; slanted outside; shaped like an open skin boat; high and sharp edges, flat bottom.

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