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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is an oil lamp with a ovoid shaped oil chamber with no discernible discus. There is a concave area with a cross design in relief and a off centre filling hole. There is a chevron pattern on the outer side of the cross terminating in a small scroll at base of the broken nozzle. The wick hole is destroyed but appears to have been large. There is a lumpy handle with roughly incised marks possibly part of the cast.

    The fabric is grey/brown clay and there is a faint patch of orange paint on the shoulder. There are silty deposits adhering in and around the cross.

  • Accession Number
    1947.49
  • Accession Date
    1947
  • Other Id

    28708 (ethnology)

    E 43.56 (Otago Museum)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28708, E 43.56, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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