LAMP

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

LAMP

Entry/Object ID

143/5103

Description

STONE/BOWL SHAPE/PIECE OUT OF ONE SIDE

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Eagle Harbor

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Alutiiq

Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Lamp

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Lighting Devices

Nomenclature Class

Lighting Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

3-1/4 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Length

8 in

Parts

Count

Material

Stone

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Notes

This stone lamp was created by the Inuit people in Eagle Harbor, Alaska. This lamp, or qulliq, would have served as the sole source of light and heat in the long winter days in Alaska, where the northernmost settlements would not see the sun for 67 days. Even in southern settlements, the most amount of sunlight one could expect during winter months is about 5-6 hours a day.