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ratoly balanced on a very .small rounded base area, standing, wbeu placed on a 

 plane surface, in position lor burning with a reservoir full of oil. Hence a stand 

 for this lamp is not necessary. This adjustment of the center of gravity has 

 been observed in a number of Eskimo lamps. Length, 17^ inches; width, 7| 

 inches ; height at back, 4 inches ; front, 3f inches. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. 

 Collected by L. M. Turner. 90014. 



Stone LAMP, /ro-^/i HA-. Large lamp of soapstone ; cresceutic outline with truncated 

 horns. The l)ottom takes the form of the reservoir, which slopes sharply down 

 from the straight wick edge to the lowest point and then at a low slant to the 

 curved back, not exhibiting the sharp angle demarking the two planes shown in 

 the small lamps. The wick edge curves very slightly. Around the back and ends 

 a squared edge is worked out. This lamp, which may be taken as the type, 

 must, of necessity, be set in a support of such figure as to incline ib forward in 

 order to supplj' oil to the wick. This is done by placing the lamp on an exca- 

 vated block of wood or notched sticks. No attempt has been made to smoothly 

 finish this lamp. Length, 20| inches; width, 9^ inches ; height, 4 inches. Eskimo 

 of Ungava, Labrador, Collected by L. M. Turner. 90251. Plate 1, figs. 4, 5. 



Cooking pot. Large, heavy, oblong vessel of soapstone, rather crudely made. The 

 slanting walls are thick and bulged; the bottom is fiat. At each of the upper 

 corners blind holes are drilled to meet each other in the thicker walls of the end 

 of the pot, forming- an eyelet for the thongs used in suspension of the vessel. 

 Length, 13 inches; width, 8J inches; height, 4f inches. Eskimo of Ungava, 

 Labrador. Collected by L. M. Turner. 90257. Plate 1, fig. 2. 



Cooking pot. Oblong pot, skillfully made of soapstone. The sides are thick, 

 slightly convex, and slant toward the opening; the bottom is flat. At each of 

 the four upper corners a slanting hole is drilled, coming through on the side. 

 Whalebone strips for suspending the pot are passed through the holes and a 

 knot made in the end to secure it. Length, Hi inches; breadth, 5^ inches; 

 height, 4 inches. Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected by L. M. Turnei". 

 90015. 



Model of drying frames. The drying frame (90235, Plate 1, fig. 2) consists of a 

 strip of dressed pine wood bent into semilunar shape and mortised at the ends 

 into a cross bar. The interspace is crossed with horizontal and vertical strips 

 of rawhide passing through holes in the frame. The support upon Avhich the 

 drying frame rests is formed of two sharpened stakes lashed together at right 

 angles at the larger ends. This su])port is fixed in the wall of the snow house. 

 The frame, 90236 not figured, is made of a round stick bent into semilunar shape 

 and crossed with netting of string. Length, 7^ inches; width, 4^ inches. 

 Eskimo of Ungava, Labrador. Collected b}^ L. M. Turner. 90235, 90236. 



The lamp supports shown in the lower figures on plate 1 are copies of 

 specimens in the Toronto University Museum, from East Maine, Lab- 

 rador. They consist of two notched sticks, wedge-shaped at the lower 

 ends for driving into the ground, or of four sticks cut diagonally at the 

 top so placed as to form an equivalent to the notch. 



The support in fig. 2 on plate 1 is of wood, hollowed out to receive 

 the lamp. 



THE LAMPS OF CUMBERLAND GULF. 



There is a close resemblance between the lamps of Cumberland (hilf 

 and those of Labrador. The former, however, are narrower and more 

 pointed, the outline viewed from above being elliptic. The material is 

 usually soapstone and the workmanship is excellent. Some of the 

 house lamps are quite large, having a wick edge nearly 2 feet long. 



