- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Part of a brass torch holder: a flat wall plate in shape of a wayang figure with a dragon. The arm/torch holder for this wall plate is [1960.5.5 .1]. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/6/2017]
- Long description
- A metal section has been riveted onto the front of the plate into which the arm would slot. Incised lines have been cut into the openwork and a white substance has been rubbed into it to provide detailing. [MOBB [OPS move] 14/6/2017]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1912
- Date collected
- 1910 - 1912
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1960
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Riveted, Process Cast, Process Openwork
- Dimensions
- Height: max 243 mm, Width: max 248 mm, Length: max 15 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1960.5.5.2
Search terms: Lighting, Figure, Torch, Bird Figure, Animal Figure
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