Oil lamp
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1959
notes: label: Description
content: This red painted tinware oil lamp was acquired in the town of Lares in 1959. Popular lore says that small oil lamps like this were used by women to meet at night and gossip. <i>Chisme</i>, means gossip, therefore the lamp was named a <i>chismosa</i>, or gossiper.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta lámpara de aceite de latón fue adquirida en la ciudad de Lares en 1959. Es la creencia popular que lámparas pequeñas como estas eran usadas por mujeres que se reunían por la noche a chismear. Por esta razón este tipo de lámparas se llaman chismosas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Lares, Lares
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Lámpara de Aceite; "Chismosa"
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
label: Subject
content: Household Tools and Equipment
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1067
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1067
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp, oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 9.9 cm x 9 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in