Fibre and fabric - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 39954 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 171.00 BROMELIACEAE Ananas comosus | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Fibre and fabric | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre and fabric | Geography Description | West Bengal, Calcutta, India, Indian Subcontinent, Asia Tropical | ||
| Uses | Fibre and fabricUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pimsey A (?) | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: Letter dated Calcutta 29th June 1832 = 'My Dear Sir, Here is a sample of Pineapple fibre from Charles's estate. It is not prepared and moreover it has been gathered at random by Charles's request. The object is to accertain what value i, t might have as an article of commerce and in what state it should be sent home if sent at all - I take advantage of a chance opportunity to forward the ...?... which has been lying in my desk these three months past Yours A. Pimsey' | ||||