Fanoos (set of two)

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Fanoos (set of two)
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date1789-1925
MediumTinned copper, linen
DimensionsOverall (a) (Closed/folded shut): 4 × 10 7/8 in. (10.2 × 27.6 cm) Overall (b) (Closed/folded shut): 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.66a-b
Not on view
DescriptionPair of folding "concertina" fanoos candle lanterns with linen bellows; used by everyday citizens for evening illumination.

Additional Details

Potlatch Spoon
Potlatch Spoon
Date: 1850-1900
Medium: Mountain goat horn, cow horn, abalone, and copper
Object number: 1984.458
Tubulcain o l'arte di lavorare I Metalli (Tubulcain or The Art of Metalworking)
Tubulcain o l'arte di lavorare I Metalli (Tubulcain or The Art of Metalworking)
Giotto di Bondone
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.405
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
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Date: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1984.7
Olla basket
Olla basket
Date: 1890-1910
Medium: Willow or sumac, cottonwood, and martynia
Object number: 1989.3.1
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Woven basket
Date: date unknown
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1989.3.2
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Basket
Date: 1900-30
Medium: Willow, cottonwood, and martynia
Object number: 1989.3.3
Woven Basket
Woven Basket
Date: date unknown
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1989.3.11
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Knife Sheath
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Basket
Date: c. 1875-1925
Medium: Willow or sumac, cottonwood, martynia
Object number: 1996.15.34
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Woven Basket
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root
Object number: 1996.15.36