Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 38608 | |||||
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Plant Name | 79.01 AIZOACEAE Marima blanca | Entry Book Number | 193.1855 | |
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Venezuela | TDWG Region | Venezuela | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | Venezuela, Upper Casiquiare | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 193 | ||
| Donor Date | 15/06/1855 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Two sheets of Marima blanca the bark of an epiphytal ficoides 193.1855 June 15 p.36 Found on the Upper Casiquiare. The Indians on the Casiquiare & Upper Orinoco make themselves smocks of this to preserve their bodies from the bites of mosqu, itos. It corresponds to the Twiwic of Brazil | ||||