Plantain Fibre & Cloth from grass - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 39955 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 170.04 MUSACEAE Musa sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Plantain Fibre & Cloth from grass | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Montserrat | TDWG Region | Montserrat | ||
| Parts Held | Plantain Fibre & Cloth from grass | Geography Description | Montserrat, West Indies, Leeward Is, Caribbean, Southern America | ||
| Uses | Plantain Fibre & Cloth from grassUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Payne Eliza W | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Opuscular source: From Eliza W Payne June 24th '56 Sir I enclose you a specimen of the cloth made from Madagascar grass which I mentioned to you when at the British Museum. I regret it is so small in dimension but I could not obtain a fresh supply as the, missionary who brought it over is now dead and the Island seems almost inaccessible just now. The finished end will show you the nature of the plant employed and I believe in its native colour, but I have seen other specimens of cloth woven with dyed gra, ss both black and red. This specimen was brought to England by the Late Rev JJ Freeman of the London Missionary Society, but he did not furnish any of the grass plants leaves or blades of which are thus employed though he often spoke of them in conversati, on. Should enquires among our friends succeed in obtaining more - I shall do my self the pleasure of transmitting it to you. I send you also a specimen of fibres from the Plantain stem upon which various manufactures are now experimenting. It has been est, imated that the fibre now perishing annually is the stems of the plaintains cut down for their fruit would furnish a mass of material equal at least to all the cotton used in England in a year, while the refuse would make excellent paper. From - F Burke., It has been made into excellent rope and cloth and grows plentifully throughout the tropics. The white specimen has been prepared by a different process to the other and exhibits the long length of native fibre. But I believe both are obtained from th, e same species of plentein. With many thanks to yourself and colleagues for the pleasant day spent in your dept. Yours very respectfully Eliza W Payne. 2. Specimen of grass cloth from Madagascar - being part of the under leaf from on ordinary occasion, s? a larger one of the same materials but of darker colour - a check or like the Scotch mens plaid - completes the array of a native. | ||||