- Object Name:
- Hanukkah Lamp
- Place Made:
- Anti-Atlas Mountains (Morocco)
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Copper alloy: cast and engraved
- Dimensions:
- 13 1/4 × 7 3/8 × 2 1/2 in. (33.7 × 18.7 × 6.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman
- Accession Number:
- F 2974
Not On View
This lamp has been attributed to the Anti-Atlas Mountains in the southwest of Morocco based on similarities to other works with this type of cast workmanship. However, in the twentieth century, the lamp type was also produced or at least used in Sefrou and Rabat further to the north, as evidenced by a mold for a related type that was created in Sefrou around 1940 and by examples collected in Rabat.
Copies continued to be made in Israel into the later twentieth century.
Copies continued to be made in Israel into the later twentieth century.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.