The handwoven abaca rope, with its different hues of brown, represents firewood, which was the base material used for warmth and lighting, protection from predators, and a method of cooking food. The intriguing shape of the Flame Lamp, as it dances from left to right and from wide to narrow, is the fire’s flame. It is textured and colored by hand placing real, non-toxic dyed, cocoa leaves on the shade.