1056 REPORT OF NATIO'NAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Lamp. Natural shell of volcanic rock, which, from its shape, has been found suita- 

 ble for a lamp. Length, 5i inches; width, 4| inches. Aleuts, Bay of Islands, 

 Alaska. Collected by W. H. Ball. 13017. Plate 22, fig. 2. 



Lamp. Made from volcanic breccia; nearly circular in outline. The reservoir is 

 shallow; the front portion has been broken away. Length, .5| inches; width, 

 4| inches; height, 2^ inches. Aleuts, Constantine Harbor, Alaska. Collected 

 by W. H. Dall. 13020. 



Lamp. Somewhat water-worn fragment of metamorphic rock, with a natural con- 

 cavity and slant, which have been taken advantage of by the Aleuts for use as 

 a lamp. The stone is absolutely unmodified, but it serves the purpose as well 

 as though designed by art. The wick edge is irregular, and it must have been 

 ]>()8sible to lay the wick along a line of about three inches. The edge sliows 

 traces of charred moss and the action of fire. This lamp is the most primitive 

 which has come to my knowledge, and it might well begin the entire develop- 

 mental series of lamps if there were not a question whether or not it is a 

 makeshift. The Aleuts of the peninsula, at least, did work their lamps from 

 stone with some degree of finish. Length, 9^ inches; width, 6 inches; height 

 at rear, 3 inches. Aleuts, Unalaska, Alaska. Collected by W. H. Dall. 14891. 

 Plate 22, fig. 3. 



Lamp. Worked from an oval beach pebble; the reservoir is shallow and oval 

 in outline ; there is no definite lip worked out. The bottom of the lamp is irreg- 

 ular ; when in use, the lamp must be propped up. Length, 4^ inches; width, 3| 

 inches; height, 2 inches. Aleuts, Alaska. Collected by W. H. Dall. 14896. 

 Plate 22, fig. 4. 



Lamp. Oblong beach pebble with cavity worked in it. It is probably a toy, if ever 

 designed for a lamp. Length, 3 inches; width, If inches. Aleuts, Unalaska, 

 Alaska. Collected by W. H. Dall. 16061. Plate 22, fig. 5. 



Lamp. Oval, worked from coarse volcanic breccia. The reservoir is shallow, with 

 the bottom flat. This specimen has seen long use and the remains of charred 

 wick indicate that the lamp was lighted around the entire edge. There is, how- 

 ever, a lip worked out on the edge, as in Kadiak lamps. Length, 6| inches; 

 width, 6i inches; height at front, 2 inches; at back, 2f inches. Aleuts, Alaska. 

 Collected by W. H. Dall. 14897. Plate 20, fig. 4. 



Lamp. Oblong-oval lamp excavated in a gray volcanic beach pebble, having a ten- 

 dency to split into layers. The bottom has cracked off. The reservoir is elliptic 

 in outline and shows markedly the elfect of the oil and burning. Length, 6 

 inches ; width, 3^ inches ; height, li inches. Aleuts, Alaska. Collected by W. H. 

 Dall. 14899. Plate 23, fig. 1. 



Lamp. Small oval lamp of yellow volcanic rock, having an oval cavity worked out 

 apparently with a sharp-edged tool. There is no defined lip, the wick being 

 applied at the narrower point of the oval. This lamp was taken from a mound 

 or village site. Length, i^ inches; width, S^ inches; height, 1^ inches. Aleuts, 

 Ulatka, Alaska Peninsula. Collected by W. H. Dall. 14911. 



Lamp. Small oval lamp worked from a beach pebble of gray volcanic rock. The 

 cavity has been rudely excavated and is oval in outline. Length, 4 inches; 

 width, 3 inches; height. If inches. Aleuts, Alaskan Peninsula, Alaska. Col- 

 lected by W. H. Dall. 14898. Plate 23, fig. 2. 



Lamp. Shallow reservoir worked out in the surface of a rounded beach pebble of 

 volcanic rock. The outline of the reservoir is oval and its surface is roughly 

 finished. Length, 5Mnche8; width, 4| inches; height, 2 inches. Aleuts, Alaska. 

 Collected by W. H. Dall. 14900. Plate 23, fig. 3. 



Lamp. Made from gray volcanic rock. The reservoir is shallow and semicircular in 

 outline, resembling the Greenland lamp. This is due to the shape of the origi- 

 nal beach pebble. There are slight traces of burning on this lamp. Length, 5 

 inches; width, 3f inches; height, H inches. Eskimo, Unalaska, Alaska. Col- 

 lected by W. H. Dall. 16395. Plate 23, fig. 4. 



