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2017.114.3

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

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2017.114.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Candle made from candle-nut kernels strung on a palm leaf midrib. [MJD 12/02/2010]
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: 2017.114.3

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