- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dammar torch. Consisting of a plant leaf bound around plant fibre to form a cylindrical torch. One end is bound and closed, the other is open blackened (burnt?) There are three wooden pegs holding the leaf in shape. The leaf is red/brown in colour. [AB [OPS Move] 20/3/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Malay
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1899
- Date collected
- By 1899
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1932
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Plant Leaf, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Bound, Process Pegged
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 25 mm, Length: max 291 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1932.88.15 Other numbers: I 3
1932.88.15
Dammar torch. Consisting of a plant leaf bound around plant fibre to form a cylindrical torch. One end is bound and closed, the other is open blackened (burnt?) There are three wooden pegs holding the leaf in shape. The leaf is red/brown in colour. [AB [OPS Move] 20/3/2017]
1932.88.15
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