Lamp of brass. Circular lamp with seven protruding wick nozzles and a circular drip pan/base below. Central loop with suspension chain and hook attached. [BA [OPS move] 18/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Lamp of brass. Circular lamp with seven protruding wick nozzles and a circular drip pan/base below. Central loop with suspension chain and hook attached. [BA [OPS move] 18/4/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Tamil Nadu Madurai
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Folk-Lore Society
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1950?, uncertain
Date collected: ?1890 - 1950
Acquisition information: Donated: 1965
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Cast, Process Incised, Process Jointed
Dimensions: Height: max 385 mm, Diameter: max 100 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1965.3.91 Other numbers: D.1900.86
Research and responses: Madurai, city, south-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India; was formerly known as (until 1949) Madura. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 2/10/2000]

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