Butter lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 May 1988
label: Collection Date
content: 1970 to 1982
name: label: Collector
content: Arthur A. Leeper
label: Donor Name
content: Arthur A. Leeper
notes: label: Notes
content: THIS BRASS ALLOY (?) BUTTER LAMP HAS A ROUNDED, SLIGHTLY FLARING BOWL WITH A SMALL HOLE IN THE CENTER. THE BASE IS BELL-SHAPED AND IS HOLLOW, WITH INCRUSTATION ON THE INSIDE. ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, THE BUTTER LAMP IS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY AND IS SAID TO BE OF THE "LI"METAL = AN ALLOY CONTAINING THE 5 PRECIOUS BUDDHIST METALS - GOLD, SILVER, ZINC, COPPER AND IRON; AND HAS BEEN USED AS LIGHT ON AN ALTAR.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 358174
label: USNM Number
content: E423776-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp