Native Hand-Spun Cotton - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65461 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Native Hand-Spun Cotton | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Native Hand-Spun Cotton | Geography Description | India, Madras, Tinnevelly | ||
| Uses | Native Hand-Spun CottonUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Foulkes Rev T | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The indigenous cotton of South India. They obtained the first three prizes at a spinning competition in Dohnavoor, Tinnevelly and may be regarded as fair specimens of best native hand spinning. They were spun by native Christian Women on th, e common spinning machine of the Hindoos. | ||||