Oil lamp

Museum number:

9-11689

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Accession number:

Acc.2697

Description:

oil lamp, terracotta; spout for wick 6 cm

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:

Terracotta (clay material)

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:

1970

Context of use:

for votive candles

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

width 6 centimeters

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