Candles?, wax & wood

Museum number:
9-13677a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913677a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3314
Description:
Candles; pair; red wax around bamboo core; each painted with green, yellow and white spots; devotional, at home or in temples. Purchased in paper goods shop
Donor:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Candles
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Candles?, wax & wood, accession number 9-13677a,b, described as Candles; pair; red wax around bamboo core; each painted with green, yellow and white spots; devotional, at home or in temples. Purchased in paper goods shop
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Candles?, wax & wood, accession number 9-13677a,b, described as Candles; pair; red wax around bamboo core; each painted with green, yellow and white spots; devotional, at home or in temples. Purchased in paper goods shop

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