Pandanus frame used for printing Tapa cloth - Specimen details

Pandanus frame used for printing Tapa cloth - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 42913

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Plant Name 153.05 MORACEAE Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Pandanus frame used for printing Tapa cloth Vernacular Name
Iso Country Samoa TDWG Region Samoa
Parts Held Pandanus frame used for printing Tapa cloth Geography Description Samoa
Uses Pandanus frame used for printing Tapa clothUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Powell Rev T Donor No
Donor Date 00/06/1866 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Made from the leaves of Pandanus odoratissimus used for printing Tapa cloth. The raised parts or pattern are the midribs of the leaves of the coconut palm The whole is sewn together with coconut fibre.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AItem loaned to Glasgow University f, or research and conservation as part of the 'Situating Pacific barkcloth production in time and place' project (Collaboration between RBG Kew, University of Glasgow & Smithsonian. Arts & Humanities Research Council funded) Dec 2016-? www.tapa.gla.ac.uk
Determinations:153.05 MORACEAE
    188.00 PANDANACEAE Pandanus sp.

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