Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Lamp |
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Object Number | ABDUA:6080 |
Other Number | E28+11; E8M; A10 |
Other Number Type | Slip catalogue; MacGregor 1912 catalogue; old number |
Brief Description | A stone lamp, semi circular in shape, with a worked and slightly polished rim to the long curved section of the object. To the middle section of this curved rim is an 200mm incision following the line of the rim and four smaller fairly evenly spaced vertical incisions. Two perforations to one side of the lamp. Listed as Beothuc (Beothuk Culture) in MacGregor Catalogue |
Dimensions | L: 730mm, W: 350mm, D:95mm (870x332x84 in MacGregor 1912) |
Materials | stone, steatite |
Condition | Good. |
Completeness | Complete |
Associated Object Number | ABDUA:5812, ABDUA:5813, ABDUA:5814, ABDUA:5815, ABDUA:5822, ABD |
Technique | carved |
Maker | Inuit, Beothuk |
Object Production Date | 1909 |
Place Key | North America, Canada, Arctic, Nunavut, Hudson Strait, Button Islands |
Association Type Place | findspot, burial |
Field Collector | Macgregor, Sir William |
Inscription Content | (label): A9 8M |
Publication Note | Reid, R W (1912) Catalogue of Specimens deposited by Sir William Macgregor in the Anthropological Museum, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, Item 8M, p3 |
Aquisition Source | MacGregor, Sir William |
Aquisition Date | 01/01/1909 |