THE LAMP OF THE ESKIMO. 1041 



and regiou north of Bristol Bay, the Alaskan reiiiusula and Kiidiak 

 Island, and tlie Aleutian Chain. The typical outlines from the various 

 rej>ions are presented on plate 24. 



THE LAMPS or LABRADOR. 



The lumps of Labrador are invariably of soapstone, Avhich is secured 

 by lonj^- J(mrneys into the interior. There are two types, one long and 

 narrow, the other broader; the back is bowed, the ends truncated, the 

 bottom deep, forming a ridge, the section an obtuse angle formed by the 

 junction of two planes; the edges and ends are squared and the wick- 

 edge is straight. 



iSome of the house lamps are very large. They are never balanced, 

 depending upon supports for adjustment as to position. Smaller lamps 

 for personal use are often balanced. 



The drying frames are semilunar, consisting usually of a bowed hoop 

 joined at the ends to a bar and the intervening space netted or crossed 

 with thongs, as in a tenuis racket. The frame takes this shape on 

 account of its being supported by pegs driven into the wall of the 

 circular house. 



The cooking pots are oblong and heavy, with flat bottom, the walls 

 slanting inward. Grummets for the suspending cords are fastened 

 through holes drilled at the corners. 



The Labrador lamps in the United States National Museum were all 

 collected by Mr. L. M. Turner, who visited the country in 1883-84. His 

 account, edited by Mr. John Murdoch, nmy be found in the eleventh 

 annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology, where excellent figures may 

 be examined in connection with this monograph. 



Toy lamp. Soapstone, neatly made, formiug a model of tlie broader type. Length, 

 2^ iuclics; width, 1 inch. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected by L. M. 

 Turner. 3.523. 



Toy LAMP. Soapstone, rudely cut out. Length, li inches; width, ^ inch. Eskimo 

 of Uugava^ Labrador. Collected by L. M. Turner. 63909. 



Small lamp. Made of soapstone, clli])tic in 8hap(^, truncated at the ends, follow- 

 ing the Labrador form. This lamp has seen service, and it is without doubt a 

 personal lamp used by travelers and hunters. Length, 3^ inches; width, 2 

 Indies; height, 1 inch. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected by L. M. 

 Turner. 90167. I'late 1, tig. 1. 



Toy lamp. Soapstone; of the usual form of the broad type. Length, 3^ inolies; 

 width, 2 inches. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected by L. M. Turner. 

 90013. Plate 1, fig. 2. 



Small toy lamp. Soapstone, skillfully cut out. Length, 1| inches; width, nine- 

 sixteenths of an inch. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected by L. M. Turner. 

 9U251. 



Toy lamp. Soapstone; finely finished; long, subtriangular form with truncate 

 ends. Wall at back; straight wick edge; reservoir with curving median line. 

 Length, 3 J inches; width, 1;^ inches. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected 

 by L. M. Turner. 90256. Plate 1, fig. 3. 



Lamp. Of soapstone, semilunar; uniform outline with truncat('(l ends. The reser- 

 voir is smoothly worked out, the wick edge nearly straight. This lamp is aceu- 

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