Lime Gourd - Specimen details

Lime Gourd - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99838

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Plant Name 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria Entry Book Number 13.2017
Artefact Name Lime Gourd Vernacular Name
Iso Country Papua New Guinea TDWG Region Papua New Guinea
Parts Held Lime Gourd Geography Description
Uses Lime GourdUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Haynes, B. J. Donor No 12
Donor Date 18/05/2017 Donor Notes
Collector Haynes, B. J. Collector No 12
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Used to store lime powder, which would later be mixed with Betel nuts, as part of a popular pastime in Papua New Guinea.x0Dx0ASee: www.horniman.ac.uk/object/1971.689

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