Water shovel from leaf sheath - Specimen details

Water shovel from leaf sheath - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 76114

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Metroxylon sp Entry Book Number 4.2000.52
Artefact Name Water shovel from leaf sheath Vernacular Name
Iso Country Papua New Guinea TDWG Region Papua New Guinea
Parts Held Water shovel from leaf sheath Geography Description Papua New Guinea, Asia Tropical, Malesia
Uses Water shovel from leaf sheathUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Bottles etc, outsize Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Klappa S Collector No 473
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1999
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Spreading hollow supported by inserted section of sago leaf petiole. Handle from a crosswise insert of Guava wood stick (Psidium guajava). Part of a collection from Stefanie Klappa as part of an MSc in Ethnobotany.
Determinations:67.01 MYRTACEAE Psidium guajava
    187.00 PALMAE Metroxylon sp

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