Resin Torch (Tarang Bsir?)
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: CYLINDRICAL SHAPED TORCH COMPOSED OF SEVERAL OVERLAPPING DRIED LEAVES. LEAVES TIED TOGETHER W/ SINGLE PIECE OF RATTAN THAT IS LOOPED AROUND TORCH AT 5 PLACES. INSIDE LEAVES ARE PIECES OF DRIED RESIN. END OF TORCH BURNT. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) TORCH'S "LEAVES ARE MOLDED AROUND A STICK. THE RESIN AND APIECE OF CLOTH INSERTED. MADE AS A DEMONSTRATION. NEW ALTHOUGH WE DID LIGHT IT TO SEE HOW WELL IT BURNED." GIANNO LISTS THE LOCAL NAMES AS FOLLOWS: TAR?NG AND TTKAM (A KIND OF RESIN) AND DKIYANG SALANG LEAFLETS (FAN PALM). MADE BY MODN ON OCTOBER 15, 1987 AND 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: Pos Gandah, Near Kuale Kran Game Reserve, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Che Wong (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: E428823-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Torch
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 34.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 7 cm