Lamp Item Number: 3152/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large stone oil lamp. The piece is carved from stone, a half-circle in its top view. Surface is convex with slanted sides forming a shallow trough, a deep crease running lengthwise along the bottom from which stands a thick, angled rim. A groove for a wick sits at centre of rim. The opposite, curved, edge has a low lip to contain the lamp’s oil. The exterior bottom is rounded with a sharp point at middle. Hardened deposits remain on top and bottom surfaces. The lamp has been broken in two and repaired.
Narrative
Collected from a field in the Ungava Peninsula, in northern Quebec, in the early 1960s.
Item History
- Made in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada during 1963
- Owned by Elizabeth Meekison before February 25, 2016
- Received from Elizabeth Meekison (Donor) on February 25, 2016
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Elizabeth Meekison
- Received from
- Elizabeth Meekison (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1963
- Ownership Date
- before February 25, 2016
- Acquisition Date
- on February 25, 2016
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3152/0003