Approximately 14 candle-nuts & kernels to make candles. The candle-nuts are globular in shape and are of varying sizes. They are brown and white in colour with ridged surfaces. They are contained within a glass jar. [SB [OPS Move] 11/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Approximately 14 candle-nuts & kernels to make candles. The candle-nuts are globular in shape and are of varying sizes. They are brown and white in colour with ridged surfaces. They are contained within a glass jar. [SB [OPS Move] 11/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Cook Islands
Oceania > Polynesia > Cook Islands; Mangaia
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Plant Nut, Material Glass
Dimensions: Diameter: max 67 mm, Length: max 197 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.306

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