Cakes from ground spore case flour - Specimen details

Cakes from ground spore case flour - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 30882

Plant Name 332.00 MARSILEACEAE Marsilea drummondii Entry Book Number 92.1892
Artefact Name Cakes from ground spore case flour Vernacular Name
Iso Country Australia TDWG Region Australia
Parts Held Cakes from ground spore case flour Geography Description Queensland
Uses Cakes from ground spore case flourUse: User: TDWG use
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Donor Bailey FM Donor No
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Notes: Label source: Nardoo Damper made by the natives of the Diamantina District. The following is the mode adopted in the making the cakes or Dampers - The gins/women take a handful of the seed and let 2 or 3 at a time drop through the 3rd and 4th fingers on, to a flat stone, then in the other hand they have a stone with which they beat the seed until it is reduced to a yellow powder, this runs down a piece of bark into some utensil. When sufficient quantity is obtained it is mixed with a little water and bak, ed. (Extract of letter from FM Bailey, Brisbane (May 10.1892))

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