Small Stone Lamp

Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut)
Eastern Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1929-1930

Steatite

Overall: 8 11/16 × 4 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (22 × 12 × 5.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert O. Fernald, Class of 1936

173.32.25515

Geography

Place Made: Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Furnishings: Lighting Device

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Dr. Adelbert W. Fernald (1871-1958) on the 1929 and 1930 MacMillan Expeditions to Baffin Island and Labrador [possibly a gift in return for the free dental work provided by Dr. Fernald]; to his son Robert Osborn Fernald (1914-2003, Class of 1936), Green Village, New Jersey; given to present collection, 1973.

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