Wicks

Museum number:
9-11705
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
wicks for oil lamps; cotton
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
New Delhi, Delhi State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, New Delhi
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1968-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
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:
for votive lamps
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wicks, accession number 9-11705, described as wicks for oil lamps; cottonHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wicks, accession number 9-11705, described as wicks for oil lamps; cotton
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wicks, accession number 9-11705, described as wicks for oil lamps; cotton

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