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carried on the person by travelers. Small as the lamp is it seems to show traces 

 which indicate that it has been burned. Length, 'Si inches; width, If inches. 

 Eskimo, Mackenzie River, Canada. Collected by R. MacFarlaue. 1109. Plate 

 10, fig. 2. 



THE LAMPS OF POINT BARROW. 



The lamps from Point Barrow in tbe United States National Museum 

 have been ably described by Mr. John Murdoch ' in his paper on the 

 " Ray Collection." It is only necessary, therefore, to point out the rela- 

 tion of the Point Barrow type lamp to those of Smith Sound. The 

 cooking pot is also like that of the same locality in Greenland. 



No drying frames were procured from Point Barrow or are mentioned 

 in Mr. Murdoch's paper. It is quite likely that the drying frame exists 

 at Point Barrow. In fact, Captain Herendeen assures the writer that 

 they are used there. 



There is a lamp of pottery in the Nathan Joseph collection, Golden 

 Gate Park Museum, San Francisco, from Alaska, which from its form 

 appertains to Point Barrow, where pottery was formerly made. 



Lamt. This lamp is elliptic in outline and is very well worked from soapstone. 

 The reservoir is deep, and at the rear is a semilunar terrace standing three- 

 fourths inch above the floor with slanting side. The rear wall of the reservoir 

 is nearly vertical, while the wick side slopes down to the floor of the lamp. 

 The bottom of the lamp is flat aud the sides incline inward. The wick lino has 

 a curve of about 2 feet radius. The lamp has been broken and mended with 

 sinew and cement. The resemblance of this lamp to those of Greenland 

 (Bessels) is striking. The terrace may, however, correspond to the cavity in a 

 similar position in the Cumberland Gulf lamp (see Plate 11, fig. 2) and for a 

 similar use, the placing of unmelted blubber. Length, 17 inches; width, 8 

 inches; height, 2J inches. Eskimo, Point B.arrow, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. 

 P. H. Ray, U. S. A. 89879. Plate 11, fig. 1. 



Lamp. Large semilunar lamp of siliceous sandstone. It is roughly worked out, 

 but is quite a feat to do so well with this material. The cavity is rather deep, 

 and its floor is high at the back and slopes to the middle line, where it meets the 

 sIop(! from the wick edge. The latter is straight. The bottom and corners 

 rounded. The lamp slopes toward the wick edge, as the section shows. Length, 

 12| inches; width, 8 inches; height in front, 2| inches; at back, 3 inches. 

 Eskimo, Point Barrow, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. P. H, Ray, U. S. A. 89880. 



Lamp. Shallow, rude semilunar lamp of siliceous rock of small size. It was prob- 

 ably worked from a slab of stone, and must be tipped forward when in use. 

 The reservoir is shallow and bowed — that is, formed by two slanting planes 

 which meet at a middle line corresponding to the terrace in the rear of the type 

 lamp. This lamp is a rude approximation to the better formed lamps of soap- 

 stone. It has, however, seen service. Length, 8i inches; width, 4^ inches; 

 height, If inches. Eskimo, Point Barrow, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. P. H. 

 Ray, U. S. A. 89881. 



Traveling lamp. Small lamp of soapstone of somewhat irregular semilunar outline, 

 owing to the shape of the original piece of stone. The reservoir is shallow and 

 flat, the wick edge slanting down to the bottom. The wick edge is convex 

 in outline. The lamp must be tipped forward to supply oil to the wick. This 

 is one of the small lamps for special use. Length, 8^ inches; width, 4jr inches; 

 height, I inch. Eskimo, Point Barrow, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. P. H. Ray, 

 U. S. A. 56673. Plate 11, fig. 2. 



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