Necklace of seeds - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 45717 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 43.01 MELIACEAE Melia azedarach | Entry Book Number | 31.1996 | |
| Artefact Name | Necklace of seeds | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Necklace of seeds | Geography Description | South Africa, Africa, Southern Africa | ||
| Uses | Necklace of seedsUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | WWF | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/09/1996 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Necklace as sold through WWF catalogue 1996. The seeds of the tree are gathered by schoolchildren in their spare time, to help supplement the family income. The seeds are boiled for 3 hours, scrubbed to remove the flesh, then sundried for a week. They, are reboiled in a good quality commercial dye with acetic acid and then sun died for a further 3 days before being threaded into various jewellery items. | ||||