Paper made from Culms - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34277 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Bambusa polymorpha | Entry Book Number | 5.1910 | |
| Artefact Name | Paper made from Culms | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Burma | TDWG Region | Burma | ||
| Parts Held | Paper made from Culms | Geography Description | Burma, Asia-Tropical, Indo-China | ||
| Uses | Paper made from CulmsUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Kerr Capt WA, VC. | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Capt Kerr, 67 Boureme Rd. Folkestone Opuscular source: Air dried Bamboo of normal growth yields from 40 to 50% of air dried pulp, one ton of pulp necessitating the treatment of 4 and a half tons of bamboo. Bamboo paper manufactured from th, e original stems or culms supplied by the Government of Burma The paper can be bleached a dead white by a new process which is no way injures the most delicate fibres and is very commercial. | ||||