Fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 29992 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 175.18 PHORMIACEAE Phormium tenax | Entry Book Number | 4:1852 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre | Geography Description | New Zealand | ||
| Uses | FibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Gillman E | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 09/01/1852 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Flax prepared for weaving by soaking it for two days in water, then twisting it into large hanks and beating it with a mallet on a stone. | ||||