Object Number | P1589 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minangkebau |
Provenience | Sumatra | Palagan |
Date Made | 1901 |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Brass |
Description | Squat globular brass body with trumpet shaped base. Small rings on shoulders of body for attachment of wire suspension loop. Lid with cylindrical projection on top which, continuing down into body of lamp, becomes a wick holder ending in a folded piece of printed dark blue and white batik cloth (the wick). Coconut oil lamp. Chalo. Kampon bhon(?) |
Height | 21 cm |
Width | 10.5 cm |
Thickness | 6.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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