Lamp

Museum number:

5-5332

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Alternate number:

178 (original number) and [TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.2067

Description:

terra-cotta lamp with pouring lip. Rim Dia. = 10.8 cm

Donor:

Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Oil lamps

Function:

4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Accession date:

1965

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

diameter 10.8 centimeters

Comment:

Original # on object is “178”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-2

Loans:

S2001-2002 #19: Integrative Biology Department (UC Berkeley)/Timothy D. White (April 10, 2002–June 2, 2023)

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