Oil lamp

Museum number:
9-11735
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
oil lamps, clay, round, with painted exteriors; each has wax and wick; width across top and color: green, diameter 5.1 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1968-1970
Materials:
Clay, Paint (coating), and Wax (candle wax)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
votive lamps
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-11735, described as oil lamps, clay, round, with painted exteriors; each has wax and wick; width across top and color: green, diameter 5.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-11735, described as oil lamps, clay, round, with painted exteriors; each has wax and wick; width across top and color: green, diameter 5.1 cm.

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