Oil Lamp
Tetela · Cameroon
Reference: TRRC-26
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- Height
- 11 cm
- Material
- Cooked clay and pigments
Small ground oil lamp cooked featuring three characters, Pygmies, with facial scarifications. These lamps were intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there was…
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Full original description
Small ground oil lamp cooked featuring three characters, Pygmies, with facial scarifications. These lamps were intended to illuminate the interior of the huts when there was no fire on.
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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