Resin Torch (Damar Tar?Ng Bsereng)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: LONG CYLINDRICAL TORCH MADE OF PALM LEAVES SURROUNDING PIECES OF DRIED RESIN. RAFFIA TIED AROUND ENTIRE LENGTH OF PALM LEAVES HOLDING TORCH TOGETHER. USED FOR ILLUMINATION. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) THE TORCH IS "MADE OF HARD RESIN (DARK BROWN LIKE MLANTAY), THAT WAS CHOPPED WITH A KNIFE, PRODUCING POWDER AND SMALL CHIPS, PALAS (LICUALA SP.) LEAVES AND DRE TMAY (A KIND OF RATTAN). ALSO A LITTLE [?] KRWEY (DIPTEROCOPUS SP. OLEO-RESIN) [?] POURED IN TWICE IN ORDER TO INSURE THAT IT WOULD BURN BETTER." THIS TORCH WAS MADE BY PAQ SEQ DAQ ON JULY 11, 1987 AND WAS COLLECTED ON THE SAME DAY. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ulu Jeram, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Temoq (Orang Asli)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428809-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Torch
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 54 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm