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Stone lamps
Object Number 13-52-10/87994
Display Title Stone lamps
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone bowl, semilunar shape
Classification
  • Bowl
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 34 cm (1 15/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87994
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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