THE LAMP OF THE ESKIMO. 1047 



Lamp complete. With stool and pot (model). Made for Dr. L I. Hayes. Eskimo, 

 South Greenland. Collected by Br I. I. Hayes. 176066. Plate 8, fig. 4. 



Drying framk. Rack hung over the fire in skin tent. It is made of six slats 

 lashed to crossbars at the end. Length, 38^ inches; width, 19 inches. Eskimo, 

 North Greenlaml. Collected by H. G. Bryant, commander of the Peary relief 

 expedition. 169013. Plate 9, fig. 1. 



RouNi> COOKING POT. Small pot cut from soapstone. Holes are bored throngli the 

 edge for suspension. This is probably one of the small objects found in graves 

 in South Greenland. Diameter, 2| inches; height, Ijr inches. Eskimo, South 

 Greenland. From the Royal Museum of Northern Antiquities, Copenhagen. 

 45848. Plate 9, fig. 2. 



Cooking pot. Of soapstone; the walls thin and strongly bulged at the sides, the 

 ends only slightly so. The sides slant outward in reverse of those of Uugava, 

 Labrador. Length, 13| inches ; width, 8 inches ; height, 4| inches. Itah Eskimo, 

 Port Foulke, West Greenland. Collected by Dr. 1. 1. Hayes. 563. Plate 9, fig. 3. 



Cooking pot. Oblong-oval pot cut from soapstone. At the four corners beckets 

 have been cut out in the edge of the pot; these are pierced for passage ot the 

 suspending cords. This pot belongs with lamp No. 45846, jjlate 7, fig. 2. Length, 

 8^ inches; width, 6^ inches; height, 3 inches. Eskimo, Greenland. From the 

 Royal Museum of Northern Antiquities, Copenhagen. 45850. Plate 9, fig. 4. 



Cooking pot. Boat-shaped pot cut out of soapstone with iron tools. There is a 

 small, flat, elliptic area on the bottom upon which the pot rests. There are no 

 holes on the edge for suspension, the interior of the vessel is rough, and though 

 called a "cooking vessel " there is no evidence of such use. It is also of unusual 

 shape and manii'estly is not intended for use Avith the lamp. Probably the ves- 

 sel is intended to set on an open fire. Length, 11 J inches; width, 7 inches; 

 height, 3J inches. Eskimo, Greenland. From the Royal Museum of Northern 

 Anti(iLuitie8, Copenhagen. 4.5851. 



Cooking pot. Small oblong vessel cut from soapstone to rei^resent the cooking pot. 

 Buried with the dead. Length, 2^ inches; width l,"o inches; height f inch. 

 Eskimo, South Greenland. Collected by Governor Fencker. 63910. 



THE LAMPS OF THE MACKENZIE RIVER. 



The two lamps in the United States National Museum from the Mac- 

 kenzie Kiver were collected many years ago by Robert MacFarlane. 

 They are small and have a divided bridge, relating them to the lamps 

 of St. Lawrence Island and eastern Siberia. No information whatever 

 is available relating to the use of the lamp by the Mackenzie River 

 Eskimo. 



WiNTEiJ TRAVELING LAMP. Of soapstoue, cresceutic in shape, bottom nearly fiat, 

 sides vertical. The reservoir is shallow and is divided into two portions by a 

 bridge. The bridge is divided into two portions by a canal cut across the mid- 

 dle, and the wall of the reservoir is continued around the ends, forming a narrow 

 canal at the end of the bridge. The wick edge is slightly curved, as is the rule 

 in all Eskimo lamjjs. This small lamp, which is called "a winter traveling 

 lamp," is useful only for giving a temporary light, and was probably carried in 

 the interest of the smokers. Length, 5 inches; width, 2^ inches; height at 

 front, V inch; at back, finch. Eskimo, Mackenzie River, Canada. Collected by 

 R. MacFarlane. 2071. Plate 10, fig. 1. 



Small lamp. Of clay slate carved with a knife; semilunar in shape; bottom fiat, 

 edges rounded. The reservoir is plain, slanting slightly from the vrick edge to 

 the rear wall. This is a model of a " winter traveling lami>" used on a journey 



