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Hanukkah lamp

Metal Hanukkah lamp supported on six legs. At the front, eight oil lamps in the form of vases decorated with floral motifs and connected to each other by side handles sit on a horizontal, elongated base. A candlestick of the same shape crowns the head of a bird (peacock or crane; the bird's right wing has not survived) set in the central part of the exhibit. It serves as a burner to ignite different parts of the trough.

Hanukkah lamp (Hebrew: hanukiy(y)a; Yiddish: hanike-lomp, hanike-layhter) – a candle holder associated with Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated for eight days, beginning on the 25th day of the month of Kislev (around mid-December). It is related to the commemoration of the anniversary of the victory of Judah Maccabee's Jewish national liberation uprising over the Seleucids (Maccabean uprising/Hashmonean uprising) in 164 BC and the consequent ritual cleansing of the desecrated Jerusalem Temple and its rededication. New equipment was then made, and the small amounts of undefiled oil found were used to light the fire in the temple – there was enough oil until a new batch was delivered. During Hanukkah, the candle holder is lit from the left, adding one more light each day after sunset. The Hanukkah lamp was usually placed in the window to shine on the world, but not to illuminate the room.

The exhibit comes from the studio of the Kalisz-based graphic artist Tadeusz Kulisiewicz, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. It was given to the museum as a last will gift from the artist.

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Author / creator
unknown
Object type
handicrafts
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unknown
Technique
forming
Material
metal
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Owner
Muzeum Okręgowe Ziemi Kaliskiej
Identification number
MOZK/S/K//1120