Candle

Museum number:

5-16502d

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Description:

candle holder (a), four candles (b-e), carved wood (?), wax coated then embossed with gold foil (both candle sticks and candles). Double animal motif (posssibly giraffe) standing on a black rectangular base.

Collection place:

Western Africa

Verbatim coll. place:

West Africa, Mali/ Ghana/Senegal, Bambara

Culture or time period:

Bambara

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Materials:

Gold (metal) and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Candles

Function:

4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)