Bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 42481 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.01 BETULACEAE Betula alba | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Norway | TDWG Region | Norway | ||
| Parts Held | Bark | Geography Description | Norway | ||
| Uses | BarkUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The most general use made of this is in the covering of houses in the country. The rafters are covered with boards rather rudely put together; over these a layer of birch bark quite compact, and upon this turf. As might be expected a whol, e crop of grass grows on the roof of the house, and many small trees, birch and mountain ash. On one house I counted more than 12 trees, several 6 or 8 ft high. In towns, houses are covered with tiles. In Bergen, the walls of many houses are first built, of wood say 2 or 3 inches thick, upon this is laid birch bark, and the outside is built up with bricks. | ||||