Resin Torch (Dama Sereng)
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. 9 PIECES OF PINK PLASTIC RAFFIA STRING AT REGULAR INTERVALS ARE WRAPPED AROUND PALM LEAVES HOLDING TORCH TOGETHER. TIP OF TORCH IS WRAPPED IN PAPER TO KEEP RESIN IN TORCH. USED FOR ILLUMINATION. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) TORCH MADE FROM "CHOPPED UP DIPTEROCARP RESIN; LICUALA SP. FAN PALM LEAVES, PINK PLASTIC RAFFIA STRING, WOODEN REVERSE MOLD WAS USED TO MAKE THE LEAF WRAPPING" AND IS NEW, MADE AS A DEMONSTRATION. THIS ONE HAD BEEN BURNED TO SEE HOW WELL IT BURNED." COLLECTED ON MAY 26, 1987 AND WAS MADE BY BATIN TAPIS. 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: Bukit Serok, Keratong, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Jakun (Orang Hulu)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428804-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Torch
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm