- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Packet of 32 small white candles. The candles are in a sealed plastic packet with a paper label inside which is printed with Burmese script and an image of a male figure in ?Burmese dress. The candles have a string wick extending from one end. [SB [OPS Move] 8/5/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Yangon Botataung Pagoda
- Cultural groups
- Burman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Circa 1993
- Date collected
- July 1993
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 07/1993
- Materials and processes
- Material Wax, Material Paper Plant, Material Plastic Synthetic, Material String, Process Inscribed, Process Moulded, Process Printed
- Dimensions
- Width: max 81 mm, Length: max 91 mm, Height: max 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1993.31.6
Search terms: Lighting, Religion, Trade, Writing, Candle, Religious Object, Inscription
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