Candle made from candle-nut kernels strung on a palm leaf midrib. [MJD 12/02/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Candle made from candle-nut kernels strung on a palm leaf midrib. [MJD 12/02/2010]
Geographical reference: Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
Oceania > Polynesia > Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
Person: Field collector Felix von Luschan; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1896
Date collected: By 1896
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Plant Nut, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions: Diameter: max 73 mm tube, Length: max 230 mm tube, Length 175 mm candle, Weight 1 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 2017.114.1

Search terms: Lighting, Time, Measurement, Candle, Time Reckoning Device

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