Coat made from bark - Specimen details

Coat made from bark - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 43508

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Plant Name 153.02 ULMACEAE Celtis sp. Entry Book Number 77:1881
Artefact Name Coat made from bark Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Coat made from bark Geography Description Great Nicobar
Uses Coat made from barkUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Extra-large shelving Related Items
Donor Man EH Donor No
Donor Date 08/06/1881 Donor Notes
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Notes: Label source: Made by a native of Great Nicobar from the bark of the Lanôp tree. Cloth is called Ok-hôx0Dx0AEntry Book: Coat made of the bark of the Sestus or Cestus tree (Artocarpus sp.) by a native of the Nicobar Islands in imitation of the English style.T, he tree which is called 'Lanôp' flouristus especially at Great and Little Nicobar which are the Southernmost Islands of that group and the natives of which alone prepare it, the cloth is called Ok-hô. (Note added later: This is apparently not an Artocarpu, s but a species of Celtis perhaps vestimentaria JRJ. 08/07/1892x0Dx0A
Determinations:153.02 ULMACEAE Celtis sp.
    153.02 ULMACEAE Celtis vestimentaria

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