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Object Name: Lamp
Place of Origin: South India, India
Date/Era: 19th century
Dimensions: Total Height: 70.00 cm, H: 25.60 cm, W: 9.50 cm, D: 25.00 cm
Medium/Materials: Brass
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family.
Accession Number: X2001.11.87
The hollow body of this heavy rooster serves as the oil storage reservoir. A small pin, also in the form of a rooster, can be removed to provide access to the oil pan at the base of the lamp.
Source: Exhibition wall text, Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.