Oil lamp
Other views of this artifact:
Accession Number:
1985.24.11
Country:
Sudan
Region:
[Southern Sudan] Bahr el Jebel Yei
Date Made:
By 1984
Materials:
Aluminium Metal
Process:
Recycled , Hammered , Bent , Soldered , Printed
Dimensions:
H = 130, Diam nozzle = 7, diam neck = 21.5, diam shoulder = 67, diam base = 65, L handle = 24, W handle = 6.7 mm [RTS 3/11/2004].
Weight:
46.1 g
Other Owners:
Purchased in Yei market between July and September 1984 by members of the Lutaya Expedition [RTS 3/11/2004].
Field Collector:
Lutaya Expedition
PRM Source:
Lutaya Expedition via B.E. Harrell-Bond
Acquired:
Purchased 1985
Collected Date:
July to September 1984
Description:
Oil lamp made in several parts from recycled aluminium containers, which have a base colour of metallic light grey (Pantone 877C).
The upper part of the lamp has been cut from a container printed with a blue background (Pantone 300C) with white writing on top, and lighter blue panels (Pantone 7457C) with white borders and black writing, all in Arabic script.
At the very base of one piece is an image of the top of three glasses and a jug, suggesting that the original tin contained powdered milk.
This consists of a separate nozzle section, that fits into the top of the lamp.
This should be removable, but appears to have rusted in place.
It is made from a rectangular piece of metal rolled into a narrow cylinder to form a nozzle, and fitted into a roughly circular disc at its base.
The lower part of this section is not visible, but on analogy with 1985.24.12-13, probably consisted of a second, wider rolled cylinder soldered onto the underside of the disc that provides a stoppered base.
Below this, the rest of the lamp has been made as a single part.
At the top is a narrow cylindrical neck, also made from a sheet of rolled aluminium, soldered onto a sloping conical shoulder.
This was then soldered onto the body of the lamp, with this entire bottom section made from the lower half of a 275 ml aluminium Heineken Beer can, cut horizontally across the top to form the cylindrical lamp body.
The surface bears the Heineken label, in green (Pantone 3415C), red (Pantone 200C), white and black, with the inscription: LA [...] [...] ER/ BREWED UNDER LICENCE IN THE UK/WHITBREAD & CO. LTD LONDON EC1Y 4SD [in the surrounding oval]/ HORS CONCOURS MEMBRE DU JURY PARIS 1900/ GRAND PRIX PARIS 1889/ LAGER/ TRADE MARK/ D[...]PL[...]E D'[...]EUR/ AMSTERDAM/ MEDAILLE D'OR PARIS 1875 [in central cartouche]/ Heineken [in horizontal bar across front]. This is repeated on both sides of the can, with the item bar code between, 010017054069, and the capacity: 275 [ml]. A vertical seams runs down the opposite side, where the two edges of the metal are joined. A narrow red band has been printed around the bottom of the design, with the word 'Heineken' repeated 10 times. The underside of the can has a ring base, which is not marked or stamped. A thin strip of undecorated aluminium has been into a loop and soldered to the edge of the shoulder and the lower body, to form a small vertical strap handle on one side. The object is complete, but shows signs of rust over much of the surface. It has a weight of 46.1 grams, and is 130 mm high. The nozzle has a diameter of 7 mm, while the neck diameter is 21.5 mm, the shoulder measures 67 mm and the base has a diameter of 65 mm. The strap handle is 6.7 mm wide and 24 mm long.
Purchased in Yei market sometime between July and September 1984 by the Lutaya Expedition, a seven-member research and support expedition from the Third World Society of Oxford University, to settlements for Ugandan refugees from West Nile Province, Uganda.
For other oil lamps made from recycled containers, see 1985.24.12-14. These have all been made in the same way, and can be compared with 1998.9.7, a toy aeroplane made from recycled aluminium and incorporating a lamp nozzle of the type seen here. Note that none of these lamps have been provided with wicks.
This object was displayed in the exhibition 'Transformations - The Art of Recycling', held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from 25th March 2000 to Easter 2002. It is currently on display in the Court, case 141A.
Rachael Sparks 17/9/2005.
The surface bears the Heineken label, in green (Pantone 3415C), red (Pantone 200C), white and black, with the inscription: LA [...] [...] ER/ BREWED UNDER LICENCE IN THE UK/WHITBREAD & CO. LTD LONDON EC1Y 4SD [in the surrounding oval]/ HORS CONCOURS MEMBRE DU JURY PARIS 1900/ GRAND PRIX PARIS 1889/ LAGER/ TRADE MARK/ D[...]PL[...]E D'[...]EUR/ AMSTERDAM/ MEDAILLE D'OR PARIS 1875 [in central cartouche]/ Heineken [in horizontal bar across front]. This is repeated on both sides of the can, with the item bar code between, 010017054069, and the capacity: 275 [ml]. A vertical seams runs down the opposite side, where the two edges of the metal are joined. A narrow red band has been printed around the bottom of the design, with the word 'Heineken' repeated 10 times. The underside of the can has a ring base, which is not marked or stamped. A thin strip of undecorated aluminium has been into a loop and soldered to the edge of the shoulder and the lower body, to form a small vertical strap handle on one side. The object is complete, but shows signs of rust over much of the surface. It has a weight of 46.1 grams, and is 130 mm high. The nozzle has a diameter of 7 mm, while the neck diameter is 21.5 mm, the shoulder measures 67 mm and the base has a diameter of 65 mm. The strap handle is 6.7 mm wide and 24 mm long.
Purchased in Yei market sometime between July and September 1984 by the Lutaya Expedition, a seven-member research and support expedition from the Third World Society of Oxford University, to settlements for Ugandan refugees from West Nile Province, Uganda.
For other oil lamps made from recycled containers, see 1985.24.12-14. These have all been made in the same way, and can be compared with 1998.9.7, a toy aeroplane made from recycled aluminium and incorporating a lamp nozzle of the type seen here. Note that none of these lamps have been provided with wicks.
This object was displayed in the exhibition 'Transformations - The Art of Recycling', held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from 25th March 2000 to Easter 2002. It is currently on display in the Court, case 141A.
Rachael Sparks 17/9/2005.
Primary Documentation:
Accession Book Entry
[p.
68] - 1985.24 (.1 - 14) P[urchase] LUTAYA EXPEDITION, c/o B.
E.
HARRELL-BOND, ...
OXFORD.
A collection of items made by the Lutaya Expedition to YEI RIVER DISTRICT, EQUATORIA, SUDAN, 1984.
This was a seven-member research and support expedition from the Third World Society of Oxford University, to settlements for Ugandan refugees from West Nile Province, Uganda.
See Related Documents File for notes and field photographs.
[p.
71, 1985.24] .11 - 14 SUDAN - EQUATORIA - YEI.
[1 of] Four oil lamps, made from Heineken beer (.1) [= 1985.24.11], pesticide (.2) [= 1985.24.12], Greek orangeade (.3) [= 1985.24.13], and 'Africola' & powdered milk (.4) [= 1985.24.14] tins.
Bought in Yei market.
.1: H = 130mm; dia = 64mm.
[initialled in right column] LMC.
Additional Accession Book Entry [p. 71, below the accession number in red biro] - A11-F16-12.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the tribes catalogue card [RTS 28/1/2004].
RDF 1985.24, a typed document headed 'Lutaya Expedition to Yei River District, Equatoria, Sudan July-September 1984. Subheading: 'Third world First Society, Oxford University. A seven-member research and support expedition to settlements for Ugandan refugees from West Nile Province, Uganda'. A list follows, describing the objects collected; this appears as part of item 5: 'Four oil lamps. Provenance Yei market. Made from beer, soft drink, pesticide and milk tins'. Several black and white photographic prints are enclosed: boy with toy truck; female potter at work; male blacksmith making arrows at Limbe; men playing the adungu at Limbe [RTS 6/1/2004].
Additional Accession Book Entry [p. 71, below the accession number in red biro] - A11-F16-12.
Card Catalogue Entry - There is no further information on the tribes catalogue card [RTS 28/1/2004].
RDF 1985.24, a typed document headed 'Lutaya Expedition to Yei River District, Equatoria, Sudan July-September 1984. Subheading: 'Third world First Society, Oxford University. A seven-member research and support expedition to settlements for Ugandan refugees from West Nile Province, Uganda'. A list follows, describing the objects collected; this appears as part of item 5: 'Four oil lamps. Provenance Yei market. Made from beer, soft drink, pesticide and milk tins'. Several black and white photographic prints are enclosed: boy with toy truck; female potter at work; male blacksmith making arrows at Limbe; men playing the adungu at Limbe [RTS 6/1/2004].
Display History:
Displayed in the exhibition 'Transformations - The Art of Recycling', Pitt Rivers Museum, 25th March 2000 to Easter 2002 [LP 7/6/2000]. Currently on display with label: SUDAN - EQUATORIA - YEI.
Oil lamps made from drink cans, bought in YEI market by members of the Lutaya Expedition in 1984.
This was a research and support expedition from the Third World Society of Oxford University to settlements for Ugandan refugees [insert] 1985.24.12 [end insert] [typed; in case with object; RTS 3/11/2004]. Trails - used in the trail 'Recycling in the Pitt Rivers Museum' [current in May 2005; RTS 11/5/2005].
