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Description: | Pubic shell, melo, one of seven. Perforated for suspension, 6 holes, two countersunk holes and four in square arrangement to side.
"Lighting in houses in the Highlands was often provided by oil lamps, known as 'crusies'. Two iron, leaf-shaped vessels were mounted, one above the other on a ratchet to catch the drips, and to be tilted to use all the oil. Rushes were used as wicks. Fish oil or mutton fat were used as fuel. This crusie has a lid and hangs on a lampstand, called a 'puirman'. The puirman is free standing with a tripod base, and a circular top to stand a lamp, and also has a clip to hold a fir candle, a type of wooden taper. The puirman and crusie come from Aberdeenshire."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: MacGregor, Sir William | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1850-1888 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Papua New Guinea | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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