Lump of native tobacco - Specimen details

Lump of native tobacco - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 48374

Plant Name 114.01 SOLANACEAE Nicotiana sp Entry Book Number 52:1862
Artefact Name Lump of native tobacco Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Lump of native tobacco Geography Description Zambesi River
Uses Lump of native tobaccoUse: User: TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Baines T Donor No
Donor Date 04/07/1865 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Used by the natives to pound corn in - made by pressing the leaves into a mortar. The hole in the centre is caused by the insertion of a knobbed stick, to draw out the kneaded mass when sufficiently dry.

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