Scourer from rhizomes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73844 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Muhlenbergia macroura | Entry Book Number | 18.1997.6 | |
| Artefact Name | Scourer from rhizomes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Mexico | TDWG Region | Mexico | ||
| Parts Held | Scourer from rhizomes | Geography Description | Puebla, Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Central, Ozumba | ||
| Uses | Scourer from rhizomesUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Davis P | Collector No | 06 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/11/1997 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Rhizomes are cleaned, processed, cut and tied to form a brush which is used to wash dishes. Bought in Ozumba Market, Puebla for a few pesos. Still widely used in Mexico DF and the Estado de Mexico. | ||||
| Determinations: | 200.00 POACEAE Muhlenbergia macroura (Kunth) Hitch. 200.00 POACEAE Epicampes macroura Bth. | ||||