Fibre - Specimen details

Fibre - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 34942

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Astrocaryum vulgare Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Fibre Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Fibre Geography Description Brazil
Uses FibreUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
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Donor Wigglesworth & Co. Messrs Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1918 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Letter 208, 1918: xii p. 95. The sample submitted is returned herewith, as requested. Acknowledge the receipt of their letter of the 4th inst. and in reply to say that the sample of 'Fibres de Ticum' from Brazil submitted for identification, appears to be that of the leaves of the 'Tucum Palm' (Astrocaryum vulgare). According to Dodge ('Useful Fibre Plants of The World') 'Tucum Thread' derived from the unopened leaves is chiefly used for bowstrings and fishing nets.

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