About the Artwork
Broad-wick Lamp
19th century
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Native American
Eskimo
Stone (possibly soapstone)
Overall: 5 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 13 inches (13 × 7 × 33 cm)
Stone and Stonecarving
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Edgar P. Richardson
43.63
Public Domain
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Provenance
Edgar Preston Richardson, assistant director of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA);1943-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Eskimo, Native American, Broad-wick Lamp, 19th century, stone (possibly soapstone). Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edgar P. Richardson, 43.63.
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