1054 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



a very line specimen of stono working. It is like the Kadiak lamps in the lip, 

 but the general api^earance is that of the pottery lamps of the iiristol Bay 

 region. Dimensions, 5i inches by 4^ inches; height, 2| inches. Eskimo, Bristol 

 Bay, Alaska, Collected by C. L. McKay. 56024. Plate 20, tig. 3. 



THE LAMPS OF KADIAK. 



There is a full series of lamps 'from Kadiak in the United States 

 National Museum. They are of hard dioritic rock and are usually care- 

 fully worked and finished. It would be difficult to mention better 

 specimens of stone working. Some of the himps are very large, one in 

 the collection weighing 67 liounds. They are oval in outline, with a 

 shallow reservoir, low walls with flat top, the sides are often grooved, 

 the bottom convex. The wick edge is a small groove cut through the 

 wall at the apex of the oval leading to it. 



There is no information concerning the installation of these lamps, 

 the specimens, like those of the Aleuts, having been taken from old 

 village sites. 



An oval lamp of the type exists in the collection of the Alaska Com- 

 mercial Company, Golden Gate Park Museum at San Francisco, Califor- 

 nia. It is curious, having the channel for the wick deeper than the 

 bottom of the lamp and two conical j)rojections rising from the floor of 

 the reservoir near the back of the lamp. The material is diorite. 



Lamp. Cut out of greenish diorite; upper surface polished; bottom showing ham- 

 mer marks. The lamp is of sad-iron shape, the shallow reservoir surrounded by 

 a broad flat rim. The edge of the lamp below the rim has been rubbed into a 

 groove. The bottom is rounded, but the lamp is stable on its base. The wick 

 lip is narrow. Length from front to back, 11| inches; width, 8 inches; height 

 4 inches. Eskimo, Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by Commander L. A. 

 Beardslee, U. S. N. 42321. Plate 21, fig. 1. 



Lamp. Of hard, gray rock, originally perhaps a beach bowlder; bottom rounded, 

 edge flat, cavity well worked out. A small lip has been cut into the edge at 

 the apex of the oval, where there is an accunuilatiou of charred wick. The 

 cavity of the lauip has been employed for grinding red paint. Measurements, 

 6 by 8 by 3;^ iuches. Eskimo, Karluk, Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by 

 W.J.Fisher. 74724. Plato 21, fig. 2. 



Lamp. This lamp is of metamorphic or volcanic rock. It is oval in outline, the 

 sides straight and the bottom curved. The reservoir is neatly hollowed out 

 and polished; the wick space or lip a shallow trough cut through the edge at 

 the apex of the oval. When placed on its base, the lamp inclines strongly 

 toward the lip. Length, 4Hnche8; width, 3i inches; height in front, 1^ inches; 

 at rear, 2i inches. Eskimo, Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean. 131237. Plato 21, fig. 3. 



Lamp. Small oval lamp of hard rock (basalt), with rounded sides and flat bottom, 

 the latter showing the fractured surface. The cavity is elliptic; the lip is 

 worked at one end and shows traces of charred moss. Tiiis lamp was taken 

 from an ancient dwelling and is probably a convenient pocket lamp used in 

 traveling. Length, 3 inches; width, 2^ iuches; height, 1 inch. Eskimo, St. 

 Paul, Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by W. J. Fisher. 90483. Plate 21, fig. 4. 



Lamp. Lamp of greenish-gray rock, finely worked and polished. It is oval in 

 shape, broader at the back than at the front, with aluuist flat, slightly rounded 

 bottom, upon which it firmly rests. The reservoir shallow, the upper edge wide 

 and flat. The lip is worked in the edge at the apex of the oval, slanting down 



