Wood - Specimen details

Wood - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 13366

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Plant Name 112.01 BORAGINACEAE Cordia gerascanthus Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood Vernacular Name
Iso Country Jamaica TDWG Region Jamaica
Parts Held Wood Geography Description Jamaica, Southern America, Caribbean
Uses WoodUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Wood
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Paris Exhibition 1855 Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: When young makes good hoops.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA scanned image of the wood was included in the appendix of: Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furniture-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Creative Ltd. in associati, on with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxiii + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith of Buckinghamshire New University sanded and cleaned the reverse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side of this surface with 2, coats of superfine white shellac and isopropynol alcohol whilst the left hand side was left unvarnished. x0Dx0A

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