Shredded leaves for stuffing mattresses. - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76330 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Chamaerops humilis | Entry Book Number | 7.2000.5 | |
| Artefact Name | Shredded leaves for stuffing mattresses. | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Morocco | TDWG Region | Morocco | ||
| Parts Held | Shredded leaves for stuffing mattresses. | Geography Description | Morocco, Aarset Maach, Mellah, Marrakech | ||
| Uses | Shredded leaves for stuffing mattresses.Use: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Sanderson, H | Collector No | 21 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 15/06/2000 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Shredded leaves called halfa, used for stuffing mattresses. Decline in the use of Chamaerops leaves recently as synthetic materials are more popular. Tend to use as a packing material now. Leaves are shredded in factory in Ourika Valley nr. Marrakech.x0D, x0AFrom Mohammed Naciri, mattress maker in the Mellah (Age 30)x0Dx0AA mattress stuffed with shredded Chamaerops leaves costs 150 DH, a synthetic mattress costs 400DH. (Exchange rate was about 15 DH to the £ at the time of study) | ||||