Object Details
- Description
- This red painted tinware oil lamp was acquired in the town of Lares in 1959. Popular lore says that small oil lamps like this were used by women to meet at night and gossip. Chisme, means gossip, therefore the lamp was named a chismosa, or gossiper.
- Description (Spanish)
- Esta lámpara de aceite de latón fue adquirida en la ciudad de Lares en 1959. Es la creencia popular que lámparas pequeñas como estas eran usadas por mujeres que se reunían por la noche a chismear. Por esta razón este tipo de lámparas se llaman chismosas.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- ca 1959
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.1067
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.1067
- Object Name
- lamp, oil
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 cm x 9.9 cm x 9 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 7/8 in x 3 9/16 in
- Place Made
- Puerto Rico: Lares, Lares
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Lámpara de Aceite; "Chismosa"
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Daily Life
- Household Tools and Equipment
- Record ID
- nmah_602438
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-341a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
