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top of the medium-sized pot and a half-moon shaped indentation 

 in the sides to admit of handHng. The kettles will hold from a 

 half-pint to three or four gallons. 



Measurement of Labrador Eskimo Lamps. 



These figures can only be approximate, as the specimens 

 are not exactly proportional ■ and are irregular at the edges. 

 Plate XVIII B b and Plate XVIII Ab are cut off at the ends 

 (Plate XVIII Bb intentionally), so that 20 and 40 mm. should 

 be added to their relative length. The average height was 

 obtained by noting the average between the height at the rim 

 and back. As the lamp sits in its natural position, the back is a 

 half inch higher as a rule. The thickness was obtained by 

 averaging the thickness at the face of the rim and back. The 

 bottom is generally heavier. The figures will give an idea of 

 the relative size of the stone lamp and kettle, and furnish com- 

 parisons for lamps from other sections. 



In the snow huts we find a semi-circular frame (ingetak) 

 with a coarse network of seal thongs, resting on a support above 

 the lamp and kettle. This is used for drying mittens and wet 

 clothing. The lamp often rests on a wooden support, hollowed 

 out at the top. The kettle is suspended by sealskin thongs from 

 the support on which the ingetak rests. 



DISHES AND OTHER RECEPTACLES. 



The shallow wooden dishes {pagutu'x) used by the Labrador 

 Eskimo are made of larch wood, and conform, in modern speci- 



