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Wooden lamp - coconut oil - broken
Wooden lamp - coconut oil - broken
Object Number 37-98-70/749
Display Title Wooden lamp - coconut oil - broken
Descriptions
Indigenous Term fadoelele garamba
Inventory Description Lamp?, wood frame holding bronze vessel with lid, wood hook at top
Classification
  • Lamp
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Wood, Bronze, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 24.7 x 9.5 x 6 cm (9 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/749

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