Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 50914 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 101.01 SAPOTACEAE Mimusops littoralis | Entry Book Number | 5.1902 | |
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | Andaman Islands | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Vaux P | Donor No | 79 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: 'Obunga' species of apron consisting of one to six leaves of Mimusops littoralis (Andaman do gota) which are fastened to the lowest bod ? (waistbelt see no. 25) by women from motiros of modest; the leaves are not spread out so as to cover a, wide surface, but are laid one above the other and removed separately as each becomes stiff & shrivelled the reason given for the selection of this particular leaf is that it keeps green for a longer time than any other. Extract from appendix B 'The abor, iginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands By E H Than 8.4.02. | ||||