Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 3639

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Plant Name 41.01 OCHNACEAE Lophira alata Entry Book Number 48.1924
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Sierra Leone TDWG Region Sierra Leone
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Sierra Leone
Uses WoodUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Brit. Empire Exhib. Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1924 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: A scanned image of the wood was included in the appendix of: Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furniture-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxii, i + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith of Buckinghamshire New University sanded and cleaned the reverse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side of this surface with 2 coats of superfine white shellac and isopropyno, l alcohol whilst the left hand side was left unvarnished. x0Dx0A

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