Comb made partly from Bacaba Palm - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34922 | |||||
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Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE | Entry Book Number | 19.1853 | |
| Artefact Name | Comb made partly from Bacaba Palm | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Comb made partly from Bacaba Palm | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, Uaupes River | ||
| Uses | Comb made partly from Bacaba PalmUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 132 | ||
| Donor Date | 12/03/1853 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Comb worn stuck into the back hair by the Indians on the Uaupes River. The teeth are of the stem of the Bacaba Palm; they are inserted between two masses of monkey's hair cord, which are encased in slender strips of the culm of Gynerium sac, charoides Humb.& Bonpl. (Graminae) interwoven with Curana string. The free ends of the cord hang down the back and are ornamented with parrots feathers. | ||||
| Determinations: | 187.00 PALMAE 200.00 POACEAE Gynerium saccharoides Humb. & Bonpl. | ||||