Butter lamp and lid
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: 1/2 THIS METAL VESSEL IS IN THE FORM OF A TEAPOT WITH A CURVED HANDLE ON ONE SIDE AND A SPROUT ON THE OTHER. THERE IS A DARK-COLORED INCRUSTATION IN THE MOUTH OF THE SPROUT AND IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL. ACCORDING TO THE COLLECTOR, THIS VESSEL IS SAID TO BE AN OBSOLETE FORM OF AN OIL OR BUTTER LAMP, TO ILLUMINATE A HOME. THE SUGGESTED THAT THE VESSEL COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO FILL AN OIL OR BUTTER LAMP. L. 9.4CM. W. (OF OPENING) 6.6CM. 2/2 THE LID TO THE BUTTER LAMP, MADE OF THE SAME MATERIALS, HAS A SPROUTED OPENING IN THE CENTER. L. 3.4CM. W. 6.7CM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Nov 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E423777-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 9.4 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2, Lid
content: 6.6 cm
label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 3.4 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2
content: 6.7 cm