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Object Number 37-98-70/748
Display Title Wooden lamp - coconut oil and wick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term nahawauroe
Inventory Description Lamp, carved wood, round base, two perforations at rim, resin coating
Classification
  • Lamp
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Resin
Dimensions Overall: 4.3 x 8.8 x 9 cm (1 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/748

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