Gourd Containing Ourali POISON - Specimen details

Gourd Containing Ourali POISON - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 49129

Plant Name 108.01 LOGANIACEAE Strychnos toxifera Entry Book Number 12.1882
Artefact Name Gourd Containing Ourali POISON Vernacular Name
Iso Country Guyana TDWG Region Guyana
Parts Held Gourd Containing Ourali POISON Geography Description Guyana, South America, Northern South America
Uses Gourd Containing Ourali POISONUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS
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Donor Jenman GS Donor No
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Notes: Label source: Georgetown, British Guiana. Label source: Calabash of ourali (Curare) as kept on hand by the Macusi ? Indians (the chief makers of the poison) of B. Guiana. E F im Thum. 62.

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