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1998.25.29

Lamp made from recycled tin container, 'Dipy's Mango Juice'. [CM 14.7.1998]

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1998.25.29

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Collection type
Object
Description
Lamp made from recycled tin container, 'Dipy's Mango Juice'. [CM 14.7.1998]
Geographical reference
Maharashtra Mumbai
Person
Maker M. S. Tinwala
Field collector Tony Hayward
PRM source Tony Hayward
Date / Period
Date made: Before 26/01/1998
Date collected
26 January 1998
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1998
Materials and processes
Material Tin Metal, Process Recycled, Process Welded
Dimensions
Diameter 55 mm, Height 125 mm including wick
Object numbers
Accession number: 1998.25.29 Other numbers: Pre PRM no. 63
Associated publications
Illustrated as fig. 16 (with 1998.25.24, 1992.38.1, 1966.3.61, 1998.25.28, 1902.88.478 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, 1992.38.1, 1966.3.61, 1998.25.28, 1902.88.478, 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]

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