Mate straw - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99844 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 46.01 AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex paraguariensis | Entry Book Number | 13.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Mate straw | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Mate straw | Geography Description | Widely popular in Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina | ||
| Uses | Mate strawUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haynes, B. J. | Donor No | 60 | ||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | 60 | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Used as straws to drink a widely popular beverage in Argentina, Paraguya and Uruguay. These straws are known locally as 'bombilla' and are essential in the mate drinking ritual.x0Dx0ASee: 'The Gourd Magazine', Vol 36, No. 2, Summer 2006, p. 24,25 | ||||