LAMP, ELECTRIC
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JAPANESE LAMP
- Date Range From
- 1986
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Materials
- PLASTIC, METAL, GLASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048046
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- JAPANESE LAMP
- Date Range From
- 1986
- Date Range To
- 1998
- Materials
- PLASTIC, METAL, GLASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 83.1
- Length
- 33.5
- Width
- 41.5
- Description
- THE LAMP, HAS THREE LEGS, EACH LEG HAS AN ORNATELY DESIGNED FLORAL PATTERN ON EACH SIDE. THERE IS A LARGE EXPANDABLE PAPER BALL WHICH CAN EXTEND. ON THIS BALL, THERE IS A PICTURE OF TWO MEN IN A BOAT IN FRONT OF A JAPANESE SEASCAPE. THERE IS A LIGHT BLUE TASSEL WHICH HANGS DOWN BETWEEN THE THREE LEGS AND ANOTHER WHICH IS AT THE TOP, HANGING ON ONE OF THE TWO HOOKS. IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER, BUT THERE IS NOT. THE FLORAL DESIGN CONTINUES ON THE OTHER SURFACES AS WELL. A SECOND DETACHABLE PART COVERS THE LIGHTBULB. THIS PORTION, IS MOSTLY BLUE, WITH A MULTICOLORED SCENE OF PEOPLE FISHING ON IT. THE TOP OF THIS PIECE IS A METALLIC FAN LIKE PORTION WHICH PRESUMABLY UTILIZES THE HEAT GENERATED BY THE LIGHTBULB TO SPIN - THE PIECE RESTS ON A FINE POINT ATTACHED TO THE MAIN STAND.
- Subjects
- LIGHTING DEVICE
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- POLITICS
- History
- AN OFFICIAL GIFT FROM JAPAN. ACCORDING TO S.E. ASIAN TRADITION, DURING AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO ANOTHER AREA, THE VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO BRING A GIFT TO THE HOSTS. THIS IS SUCH A GIFT, GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE INITIALLY GIVEN TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE THROUGH VARIOUS EXCHANGES WITH CITIES IN JAPAN. LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1992, 1997, AND 1998 DETAIL THREE SEPERATE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS WITH HIKARI, SEKI CITY, AND KUROHONE-MURA, JAPAN. LETHBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL DECLINED HIKARI'S OFFER OF AN OFFICIAL TWINNING ARRANGMENT IN 1992 DUE TO BUDGET LIMITATIONS AND BECAUSE OF PRIOR TWINNING WITH OTHER CITIES INCLUDING SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, AND HENGSHUI CITY, CHINA. ST. FRANCIS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RAN A STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH SEKI CITY FROM 1993 TO 2003 AND LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOSTED STUDENTS FROM THE VILLAGE OF KURHONE ANNUALLY FROM 1994 TO 2006. DURING THESE EXCHANGES, DELEGATES FROM THE JAPANESE CITIES REGULARLY MET WITH LETHBRIDGE MAYOR DAVID CARPENTER AND GAVE CEREMONIAL GIFTS, AS IS CUSTOM IN JAPAN. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19980048017 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980048046
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-02
- Collection
- Museum
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