Cakes from ground spore case flour - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30882 | |||||
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Plant Name | 332.00 MARSILEACEAE Marsilea drummondii | Entry Book Number | 92.1892 | |
| Artefact Name | Cakes from ground spore case flour | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Australia | TDWG Region | Australia | ||
| Parts Held | Cakes from ground spore case flour | Geography Description | Queensland | ||
| Uses | Cakes from ground spore case flourUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Bailey FM | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Nardoo Damper made by the natives of the Diamantina District. The following is the mode adopted in the making the cakes or Dampers - The gins/women take a handful of the seed and let 2 or 3 at a time drop through the 3rd and 4th fingers on, to a flat stone, then in the other hand they have a stone with which they beat the seed until it is reduced to a yellow powder, this runs down a piece of bark into some utensil. When sufficient quantity is obtained it is mixed with a little water and bak, ed. (Extract of letter from FM Bailey, Brisbane (May 10.1892)) | ||||