Raincoat - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75783 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Phoenix hanceana | Entry Book Number | 21.1998.1 | |
| Artefact Name | Raincoat | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Philippines | TDWG Region | Philippines | ||
| Parts Held | Raincoat | Geography Description | Philippines, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Batanes Islands | ||
| Uses | RaincoatUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Fernando, Edwino S | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1985 | Donor Notes | Via John Dransfield | ||
| Collector | Gruezo WS; Fernando, Edwino S | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1985 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Coat known as 'suot' or 'vakol'. Woven from shredded juvenile leaves (sun dried). Also used on sunny days for working in the fields. Also bought by tourists (either full size coats or small model coats) as souvenirs. Worn by the inhabitants of Sabtang, and Batan Islands, Batanes, Philippines. Coat was John Dransfields private collection, now in need of conservation. Strapping foundation for the coat is made from the leafstalks of Musa textilis Nee. See article by S Sm Gruezo and Edwino S Fernando.Pr, incipes 29(4): 170-176 (1985). | ||||
| Determinations: | 170.04 MUSACEAE Musa textilis Nees. 187.00 PALMAE Phoenix hanceana | ||||