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