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lamp, oil

human history
  • Kupu whakaahua

    lamp, oil. The object is an oil lamp with a ovoid oil chamber with the nozzle incorporated into the body of the lamp. There are small holes for filling and the wick. The discus is small/medium and there are incised shapes on the shoulder. There is a raised relief crescent above the nozzle and the lamp has no handle. The fabric is sandy coloured stone. There is a tree and curved line inscribed in the base that resembles a face.

  • Accession Number
    1981.179
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    03 Jun 1981
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    49362.3 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
lamp, oil, 1981.179, 49362.3, Photographed by Richard Ng,… … Read more

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