Butter Lamps
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1987
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
label: Collector
content: Dr. Cynthia Beall
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Melvyn C. Goldstein
notes: label: Notes
content: COLLECTOR'S TAG SAYS "2 BUTTER LAMPS-NEW-NOMADS PUT THIS ON THEIR ALTARS". BRASS. ONE LARGER THAN THE OTHER. BOTH HAVE WIDE BASE, NARROW BODY, AND FLARING CUP AT THE TOP. FAINT FINE LINES ARE VISIBLE ENCIRCLING BOTH LAMPS, AND BOTH HAVE THREE PARALLEL LINES INCISED AROUND THE BASE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Chang Tang (Changthang) Region, Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan, Phala
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378794
label: USNM Number
content: E430485-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - 1 Of 2
content: 5 cm
label: Height - 1 Of 2
content: 6.3 cm
label: Diameter - 2 Of 2
content: 6 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 2
content: 7.3 cm