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Lamp

MOA: University of British Columbia

3058/4

Small soapstone oil lamp, light grey in colour with specks of dark grey. Shape from top view is a half circle, with a straight front side. Walls on exterior are short and straight, flaring slightly on interior to the base of the carved well.

  • Narrative

    Collected by Alan Deacon between 1936 and 1940 at Coppermine.

  • Type of Item lamp
  • Culture Inuinnait
  • Material soapstone stone
  • Measurements height 2.0 cm, width 12.7 cm, depth 4.8 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Joy Eastman
  • Received from Joy Eastman
  • Made in Coppermine, Kugluktuk
  • Creation Date before 1940
  • Ownership Date before May 8, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on May 8, 2014
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3058/0004

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