Lamp

Museum number:
2-6805
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006805
Alternate number:
x-2998 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Oil lamp of clay, black, 5 grooves incised inside under lip, bottom of interior has double X motif which is personal mark of owner, outside of rim. One groove incised.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Ingalik
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Interior illumination, cooking, heat, melting snow, drying clothes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 4 centimeters and diameter 11 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4363.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-6805, described as Oil lamp of clay, black, 5 grooves incised inside under lip, bottom of interior has double X motif which is personal mark of owner, outside of rim. One groove incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-6805, described as Oil lamp of clay, black, 5 grooves incised inside under lip, bottom of interior has double X motif which is personal mark of owner, outside of rim. One groove incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 2-6805, described as Oil lamp of clay, black, 5 grooves incised inside under lip, bottom of interior has double X motif which is personal mark of owner, outside of rim. One groove incised.

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