Fibre and rope - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29727 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 171.00 BROMELIACEAE Bromelia sp | Entry Book Number | 65.1850 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre and rope | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre and rope | Geography Description | Brazil, Para, Santarem | ||
| Uses | Fibre and ropeUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 42 | ||
| Donor Date | 12/12/1850 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: 43 Magucion ?? Twine. Fibre of Curana and rope made from it.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASource: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic uses (pp31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p52.: Fibre of the leaf made into twine and strong cord. Hammock, ropes made of it last 4- 8 years if smeared with musici. On Rio Negro I have seen fiddle strings and guitar strings made of it. | ||||