opium lamp

Opium lamp with: A flower-shape font with smaller domed top and a circular opening at centre with upright rim. A wick holder with a wick threaded through and a tube and screw-on cap with upright rim for capping the font as well as to keep the wick immersed in oil. A ring decorated with perforated floral motifs, with raised rims on exterior and a circular ledge on the inside just below the upper rim, where a glass shade would be fitted over. A clear glass shade for opium lamp with a hole on top, which is thick and faceted.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
119ii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paktong; plant material; glass
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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