Candleholder

Museum number:
9-11832
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011832
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Camphor burner, brass; 2 wells. Used in household worship by Hindus. Camphor burned in it is passed in a circular clockwise motion in front of the image. The act known as arati.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Ooty Bazaar, Tamil Nadu, South India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, S. India, Tamilnadu (Madras), Ootacamund Bazaar, Hindu
Culture or time period:
Hindu
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
Summer 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candleholders
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder, accession number 9-11832, described as Camphor burner, brass; 2 wells. Used in household worship by Hindus. Camphor burned in it is passed in a circular clockwise motion in front of the image. The act known as arati.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder, accession number 9-11832, described as Camphor burner, brass; 2 wells. Used in household worship by Hindus. Camphor burned in it is passed in a circular clockwise motion in front of the image. The act known as arati.

Tools