Box lamp of brass. Square shape with wick nozzles on each corner. The top is embossed and has a hole for the oil. A loop for suspension is in the centre. [BA [OPS move] 19/4/2017]
Accession book entry: : [Balfour 3] - LAMP collection H. Balfour dd P.R. Mus. 1932. - ORNATE MOORISH & OTHER HANGING LAMPS - Square shallow brass box lamp with corner lips and hole for oil feeding; surface embossed in lines; chain from middle with blunt iron point at top. City of BENIN, W.A.; Accession book entry: : [added] [Balfour 3] - Obt[aine]d by Punitive Expedition1897. (ditto) [Purchased by HB] (Webster) 1901.; Card Catalogue entry: : [Detailed Lighting] - Group: Q Division: Crusie types Class: N Africa forms Number: A. 11 Description: Covered lamp of brass, with four protruding lips for wicks. Perforation at the top through which the oil was poured into the lamp. Square shaped, single pan, decorated with raised bosses. Chain for suspension attached to a ring fixed through the centre of the lamp. Diagonal widths, c. 21.5 x 22 cm Locality: City of Benin, W. Africa. Collected By: H. Balfour [The following text is struck through]coll:[End of struck through text] Purch: 1901 (Webster). How Acquired: {Punitive Exped:, 1897.} Presd. by H. Balfour, 1932 [On reverse of label] - [Drawing] [BA [OPS move] 19/4/2017]; Pitt Rivers Museum label: : Brass lamp for 4 wicks. Taken at the capture of the city of BENIN. Punitive expedition1897. BENIN, W. AFRICA. H. Balfour coll. [On reverse of label] - Purch. by H. Balfour from Webster - 1901 d.d. H.B. 1932 QA 11 [BA [OPS move] 19/4/2017]; Documentation: : See Notes field.