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1992.38.1

Lamp or incense burner made from a Nestle coffee tin. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/3/2017]

1992.38.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lamp or incense burner made from a Nestle coffee tin. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/3/2017]
Long description
Lamp or incense burner made from a Nestle coffee tin. Contains a wax night-light. Handle of copper wire. Circular lantern with rounded sides which have been perforated with vertical incisions. There are six perforations in the top lid. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/3/2017]
Geographical reference
Burkina Faso
Africa > Western Africa > Burkina Faso
Ougadougou
Person
Field collector Caroline Hart
PRM source Caroline Hart
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1992
Date collected
By 1992
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1992
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Wax, Process Inscribed, Process Recycled, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 90 mm, Height: max 140 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.38.1
Associated publications
Illustrated in figure 16 (with 1998.25.24, 1966.3.61, 1998.25.28, 1902.88.478, 1998.25.29 and 1998.25.22) on page 19 of Transformations: The Art of Recycling, by Jeremy Coote, Chris Morton, and Julia Nicholson (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2000). (LP 21/6/2000) Illustrated in colour (with 1998.25.24, 1966.3.61, 1998.25.28, 1902.88.478, 1998.25.29 and 1998.25.22) on page 26 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Lamps recycled from a variety of containers (including a Brasso tin and a Bovril jar); from India, South Africa, Uganda, Thailand and Burkina Faso.' [JC 8 10 2004]

Search terms: Lighting, Writing, Trade, Lamp, Inscription, Incense-burner, Candlestick, Lampshade