THE LAMP OF THE ESKIMO. 1057 



Lamp. Oval lamp of stono, the wick lip being at the narrower point. This lamp 

 has seen constant use, the stone having spalled ort' from heat. Leiigtli, (i^ inches; 

 width, 4| inches; height, If inches. Eskimo, Unalaska, Ahiska. Collected by 

 W. H. Dall. 1()369. Plate 23, fig. .5. 



Lamp. Small circnhir lamp smoothly worked from stone; this hue a groove worked 

 around the outside and a lip is worked iu the edge; the rc^servoir is cup-shaped. 

 Apparently at times the wide has been installed around the edge, ])robably to 

 secure a greater light than the width of the wick edge or lip would admit. 

 While identical iu form with the lamps from Bristol Bay the lip cut in the edge 

 relates it to the Kadiak region. Length, 4i!r inches; width, -li inches; height, Cl- 

 inches. Aleuts, Onkivok Island, Alaska. Collected by United States Fish Com- 

 mission. 140961. Plate 20, fig. 2. 



Lamp. Suboval, with rounded bottom, vertical sides, and rounded edge. The walls 

 of the reservoir are nearl^^ vertical and the bottom nearly fiat. A large chip has 

 been knocked ofl" the edge, apparently with design, in order to place a moss wick, 

 the remains of which are found on the broken surface. This lamp seems to be a 

 connecting type between those of Kadiak and the pottery lamps of Bristol Bay. 

 It was taken from a burial place. Length, 4| inches; width, 4f inch<?s; height, 

 2/,, inches. Aleuts, CherauoU'sky, Unalaska Island, Alaska. Collected by Marcus 

 Baker. 46203. 



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