Lamp

Museum number:
5-15770
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
S-13-15
Accession number:
Acc.4613
Description:
Kerosene lamp, steel; handle and filler neck soldered to top of sawed-off soft drink can; wick holder pressed-fitted to top of filler neck; writing on the side of can in English and Dutch; diameter 6.8 centimeter and height 10.2 centimeter.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
Seychelles Islands
Collector:
Burton Benedict
Collection date:
1960 & 1974-75
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 10, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 5-15770, described as Kerosene lamp, steel; handle and filler neck soldered to top of sawed-off soft drink can; wick holder pressed-fitted to top of filler neck; writing on the side of can in English and Dutch; diameter 6.8 centimeter and height 10.2 centimeter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lamp, accession number 5-15770, described as Kerosene lamp, steel; handle and filler neck soldered to top of sawed-off soft drink can; wick holder pressed-fitted to top of filler neck; writing on the side of can in English and Dutch; diameter 6.8 centimeter and height 10.2 centimeter.

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