Torch of vegetable fibre. [MJD 19/09/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Torch of vegetable fibre. [MJD 19/09/2013]
Long description: Torch of vegetable fibre. Bundle of brown plant fibre strips, wrapped with plant fibre around the centre and burnt at one end. [MJD 19/09/2013]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand; North Island
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1869?, uncertain
Date collected: 1860 - 1869?
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Process Bound, Process Burnt
Dimensions: Depth: max 29 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 350 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.82
Research and responses: This torch was studied by Michelle Horwood, Victoria University of Wellington, on her research visit 29 October - 22 November 2013. She noted the torch was probably made of manuka or totora bark. [MJD 11/11/2013]

Search terms: Lighting, Fire, Torch

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