Oil Lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: OIL LAMP IS MADE FROM RECYCLED PARTS W/ A DOMED METAL BASE THAT HAS CENTRAL SOCKET. LIGHT BULB IS SET IN SOCKET W/ HEAD DOWNWARD. STRIPS OF RECYCLED METAL TIN CANS ACT AS SECURING DEVICES FOR BULB & SOCKET. AT THE BASE, ENDS OF STRIPS ARE THREADED THROUGH SLOTS CUT IN BOTTOM OF SOCKET. THESE STRIPS ARE BENT CLOSE TO THE BULB, HOLDING IT TIGHT. ONE STRIP IS BENT OUTWARD TO FORM A HANDLE. UPPER ENDS OF STRIPS ARE WRAPPED AROUND A METAL BAND THAT FITS SNUGLY AROUND THE END OF THE BULB AND BENT TO FORM CURLIQUES. BULB SOCKET IS COVERED W/ METAL COVER W/ AN OPENING AT TOP FOR PROTRUDING CHIMNEY. RUSTED IN AREAS. PURCHASED FROM THE NOUVEAU MARCHE IN BAMAKO.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416178
label: USNM Number
content: E428453-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 14.7 cm