Glass

Museum number:
9-12157
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012157
Accession number:
Acc.2966
Description:
Lantern, tin-coated steel. Rectangular. Handle on top. 4 glass sides. Height including handle 30.2 cm. From India, Maharashtra, Bombay, Parsi.
Donor:
Mrs. B. Dumasia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
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:
Dec. 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Glass, accession number 9-12157, described as Lantern, tin-coated steel. Rectangular. Handle on top. 4 glass sides. Height including handle 30.2 cm. From India, Maharashtra, Bombay, Parsi.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Glass, accession number 9-12157, described as Lantern, tin-coated steel. Rectangular. Handle on top. 4 glass sides. Height including handle 30.2 cm. From India, Maharashtra, Bombay, Parsi.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Glass, accession number 9-12157, described as Lantern, tin-coated steel. Rectangular. Handle on top. 4 glass sides. Height including handle 30.2 cm. From India, Maharashtra, Bombay, Parsi.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Glass, accession number 9-12157, described as Lantern, tin-coated steel. Rectangular. Handle on top. 4 glass sides. Height including handle 30.2 cm. From India, Maharashtra, Bombay, Parsi.

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