Oil Lamp

Tikar · Cameroon

Reference: TRRC-27

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Height
17 cm
Material
Cooked clay and pigments

Oil lamp intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there is no fire on. He always wears a lamp at the bottom of the…

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Oil lamp intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there is no fire on. He always wears a lamp at the bottom of the hut. On the body of the lamp stand out several characters, pygmies, sitting and bonding by the arms.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Cameroon. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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