Oil lamp

Museum number:
9-12918
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2910
Object count:
1
Description:
Cast brass, hanging type, oil lamp; 6 depressions for wicks in the oil well and a heavy chain that ends in a hook. Native name: "kandil". Once commonly used in domestic or commercial settings. It may also be used in a religious context. Diameter underside 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Maharashtra State, India
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Oil lamps
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1979-1980 #20: California State University, East Bay (November 5, 1979–July 31, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12918, described as Cast brass, hanging type, oil lamp; 6 depressions for wicks in the oil well and a heavy chain that ends in a hook. Native name: "kandil". Once commonly used in domestic or commercial settings. It may also be used in a religious context. Diameter underside 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12918, described as Cast brass, hanging type, oil lamp; 6 depressions for wicks in the oil well and a heavy chain that ends in a hook. Native name: "kandil". Once commonly used in domestic or commercial settings. It may also be used in a religious context. Diameter underside 13.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Oil lamp, accession number 9-12918, described as Cast brass, hanging type, oil lamp; 6 depressions for wicks in the oil well and a heavy chain that ends in a hook. Native name: "kandil". Once commonly used in domestic or commercial settings. It may also be used in a religious context. Diameter underside 13.5 cm.

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