Candlestick made of an old kerosene oil tin. [BA [OPS Move] 10/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Candlestick made of an old kerosene oil tin. [BA [OPS Move] 10/4/2017]
Long description: Candlestick made of an old kerosene oil tin. Flared cone-shaped base and a circular drip tray above the base. There is a pricket in the centre of the drip tray. [BA [OPS Move] 10/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia; Penang
Cultural groups: Chinese
Person: Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale; Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson; Field collector Herbert Christopher Robinson expedition; PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1902
Date collected: 1901 - 1902
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1902
Materials and processes: Material Tin Metal, Process Recycled, Process Welded, Process Bent
Dimensions: Height: max 92 mm, Depth: max 98 mm, Width: max 101 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1902.88.476.1 Other numbers: CP 1A [C P 1A]
Research and responses: Thomas Nelson Annandale and Herbert Christopher Robinson undertook an expedition to Perak and the [then] Siamese Malay states in 1901-1902, under the auspices of the Universities of Edinburgh and Liverpool. The results of this expedition were published in Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902, published in London by Longmans, Green in four parts between 1903 and 1907. [SHD 17/5/2001]