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Oil lamp
Object Number 988-18-50/12478
Display Title Oil lamp
Descriptions
Object Description Oil lamp
Inventory Description Oil lamp, iron stake with round cup on other end, rusted
Classification
  • Lamp
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 27.9 x 9.5 x 9.7 cm (11 x 3 3/4 x 3 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12478
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (10/87-8/88)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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