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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is an oil lamp with a circular oil chamber. The filling hole is large and centrally placed in the discus. The vessel has a vertical loop handle and the nozzle is long with a groove for the wick. The object has a blank design with a thick shiny glaze of pale green. The fabric is buff with a pitted surface and the nozzle tip is burnt.

  • Accession Number
    1942.106
  • Accession Date
    1942
  • Other Id

    26631.5 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1942.106, 26631.5, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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