- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rosin torch wrapped in palm leaves. Bound with 5 cane ties. The torch is cylindrical in shape and is tied at one end and open at the other end, revealing the rosin inside. [SB [OPS Move] 21/3/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1950?, uncertain
- Date collected
- ?1890 - 1950
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1965
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Cane Plant, Process Bound, Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 60 mm, Length: max 460 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1965.3.89 Other numbers: D.1900.84
- Research and responses
Madurai, city, south-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India; was formerly known as (until 1949) Madura. Rosin, also called Colophony or Colophonium, is a translucent, brittle, friable resin used for varnish and in manufacturing many products.[Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 2/10/2000]
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