Shell lamp on lamp stand and wick; "ratchako"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: (1/2) Lamp: large shell tied to wooden lamp stand. Stand made from branch split at one end into 4 branches with shell tied to one branch. Wood is stained dark brown. Wood shavings tied around one branch. (2/2) Wick is made of dried rushes twisted together. One end burned. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430662-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 69.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 16 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13.5 cm