Andaman Island net strap - Specimen details

Andaman Island net strap - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 65058

Plant Name 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia umbellata Entry Book Number 5.1902
Artefact Name Andaman Island net strap Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Andaman Island net strap Geography Description Andaman Islands
Uses Andaman Island net strapUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Vaux P Donor No 42 & 26
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: Fine netting, plain or ornamental with shells, worn occasionally by both sexes as necklaces, armulets etc. Baby slings (No. 24) bows, pig spears etc are sometimes ornamented with pieces of this netting.x0Dx0ASarah Giffin, UCL - The beads are t, usk shells (Dentalium octagonum, also known as Elephant's tooth, a species of scaphoapoda mollusc found off the coast of India.x0Dx0ANote from Ruth Stungo: Dendrobium is yellow straw like material (see Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders. CUP, 1922, p 482, ; E.H. Man, 1885, reprinted 1932, On the Aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands, p. 164). Shells are Dentalium sp.
Determinations:32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf.
    32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia velutina Wall. ?
    169.00 ORCHIDACEAE Dendrobium sp

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