Lamp Item Number: Na1009 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large stone lamp with deposit on surface. Sticky on most of outside surface. At thicker end is a groove for a wick. There are two small red patches by this groove.
History Of Use
The Inuit used oil in a stone lamp, with a moss wick along one edge to light snow houses. Also used for heat and for cooking with a pot suspended over it. Sea mammal blubber was used for fuel until kerosene lamps replaced them, especially for use in frame structures. Women carried the moss wicks coated in blubber with them.
Narrative
Purchased by Borden in 1976.
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada ?
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Charles E. Borden before March 5, 1979
- Received from Charles E. Borden (Donor) on March 5, 1979
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Charles E. Borden
- Received from
- Charles E. Borden (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before March 5, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on March 5, 1979
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 51
- Accession Number
- 0515/0032