Red dye in bag of bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 46466 | |||||
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Plant Name | 120.01 BIGNONIACEAE Bignonia chica | Entry Book Number | 49.1851 | |
| Artefact Name | Red dye in bag of bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Red dye in bag of bark | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, Barra de Rio Negro | ||
| Uses | Red dye in bag of barkUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 65 | ||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1851 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Bag is made of bark of a tree called Tururix0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASource: Spruce, R (1851-1855) Uses of Amazon plants. Journals from Barra to the Orinoco, from Barra to Tarapoto and notes on the uses of Amazon plants and on cryptograms, p22.: Red dye prepar, ed from the leaves of Bignonia chica and used by the Indians of South America for painting their bodies, arrows etc. | ||||