Oil lamp

Museum number:
9-12914
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Tall brass standing oil lamp with depressions for 5 wicks; saucer-like base; elaborate finial. Native name and meaning: "kutulliwelluku" (in Tamil: standing lamp). Used in Hindu household shrines. A prototype, these lamps were often more elaborate but this is the most commonly used type and size for modest houses. Brass lamps of this type are found and used in "puja" (worship) all over India with some regional variations. Height 48 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Ooty Bazaar, Tamil Nadu, South India
Culture or time period:
Tamil people
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
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:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #20: California State University, East Bay (November 5, 1979–July 31, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12914, described as Tall brass standing oil lamp with depressions for 5 wicks; saucer-like base; elaborate finial. Native name and meaning: "kutulliwelluku" (in Tamil: standing lamp). Used in Hindu household shrines. A prototype, these lamps were often more elaborate but this is the most commonly used type and size for modest houses. Brass lamps of this type are found and used in "puja" (worship) all over India with some regional variations. Height 48 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12914, described as Tall brass standing oil lamp with depressions for 5 wicks; saucer-like base; elaborate finial. Native name and meaning: "kutulliwelluku" (in Tamil: standing lamp). Used in Hindu household shrines. A prototype, these lamps were often more elaborate but this is the most commonly used type and size for modest houses. Brass lamps of this type are found and used in "puja" (worship) all over India with some regional variations. Height 48 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12914, described as Tall brass standing oil lamp with depressions for 5 wicks; saucer-like base; elaborate finial. Native name and meaning: "kutulliwelluku" (in Tamil: standing lamp). Used in Hindu household shrines. A prototype, these lamps were often more elaborate but this is the most commonly used type and size for modest houses. Brass lamps of this type are found and used in "puja" (worship) all over India with some regional variations. Height 48 cm.

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