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27. Hanging Lamp
Brass
Height:
Twentieth century
Catalogue number 27.
Accession number 88.551.
Lamps are suspended from the ceiling by a hook in front of the home or temple sanctum and must be lighted each evening. This slender lamp takes the form of a bird. The bird stands on a flower whose petals are the oil cups for cotton wicks.
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