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# Candlestick

Candle-sticks, pair; mother of pearl, brass, silver. Construction method: internal brass reinforcing bands overlaid with mother of pearl plaques, secured with silver pins. Made from plaques of the marine snail 'Turbo marmoratus';

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1650 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.oa-2643-1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.oa-2643-1-2) · Pramāṇa
