Torch Material
Candlenuts
P1586
From: Sumatra | Batu Sangkar
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1586 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minangkebau |
| Provenience | Sumatra | Batu Sangkar |
| Date Made | 1901 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Candlenut |
| Description | Candle-nuts are here called "damar." [sic] When pounded up with a little Kapok the residuum is pressed about a stick and can be stuck into any crevice where a light is needed. [Candlenuts are also burned for light, but there seems to be some confusion in the collectors' description: it is damar, a resin, that is used to make torches. See P1587.] |
| Height | 20.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of H. M. Hiller and Alfred C. Harrison Jr., 1901 |
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