Blackwood lime spatula, clapper handle; used in Betel Nut chewing - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 34964 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE | Entry Book Number | 85.1887.12 | |
| Artefact Name | Blackwood lime spatula, clapper handle; used in Betel Nut chewing | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Blackwood lime spatula, clapper handle; used in Betel Nut chewing | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Blackwood lime spatula, clapper handle; used in Betel Nut chewingUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | British Museum Ethnographical Department | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 14/07/1887 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Romilly Hugh Hastings | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1887 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Lime spatula with clapper handle used in preparing Lime in Betel nut chewing, Thought to be from Tribes of east shore of Papuan Gulf. Donated by BM Ethnographical Department who received artefact from the Queensland Commission | ||||