Torch
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Jun 1891
label: Collection Date
content: 1885 to 1889
name: label: Collector
content: Carl Steckelmann
label: Donor Name
content: Cincinnati Museum Association
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: ""Cylinder of compact resin wrapped first in palm leaf and incased in basketry consisting of strips of cane interwoven with a continuous spiral of rattan. This torch was used in fishing, traveling, and in fetish rites." Hough, Heating, and Lighting Utensils in National Museum, p. 8 of Bulletin 141; USMN; illus. in Pl. 4c, fig. 1, p. 110."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Congo, Republic of, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 024469
label: USNM Number
content: E152631-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Torch
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 130.8 cm