- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Conical lamp made from recycled tin container. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/1/2017]
- Long description
- Conical lamp made from recycled tin container. Vertical, cylindrical wick nozzle with cotton textile wick in situ. Handle made of a bent strip of metal soldered to the side of the conical vessel. [MOBB [OPS move] 6/1/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 16/01/1998
- Date collected
- 16.1.1998
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1998
- Materials and processes
- Material Tin Metal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Recycled, Process Bent, Process Soldered
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 105 mm, Height: max 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1998.25.15 Other numbers: 51 B [51B]
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