Buck pot of bark and clay - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 37797 | |||||
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Plant Name | 58.02 CHRYSOBALANACEAE Hirtella americana | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Buck pot of bark and clay | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Guyana | TDWG Region | Guyana | ||
| Parts Held | Buck pot of bark and clay | Geography Description | British Guiana | ||
| Uses | Buck pot of bark and clayUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Thurn ET | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1880 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Used for making a dish known as 'pepper pot' a dish which though long since adopted by colonists, is Indian in origin, and is almost the only form in which Indians eat meat. Cassareep is the chief, or rattan? the essential ingredient of th, e dish. | ||||