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X2001.11.88 Lamp
Object Name: Lamp
Place of Origin: Kerala, India
Date/Era: 18th-19th century
Dimensions: Total Height: 90.00 cm, H: 29.00 cm, DIAM: 29.00 cm
Medium/Materials: Bronze
Credit Line: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Gift of the Pal Family.
Accession Number: X2001.11.88
The size of the chain on this lamp suggests that it once hung in a large space, presumably a temple where it might have lit the inner sanctum of the deity.
Source: Exhibition wall text, Flames of Devotion: Oil Lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas.
