Basket for carrying poison darts - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 49164 | |||||
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Plant Name | 108.01 LOGANIACEAE | Entry Book Number | 1.1950 | |
| Artefact Name | Basket for carrying poison darts | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Basket for carrying poison darts | Geography Description | Southern America, South America | ||
| Uses | Basket for carrying poison dartsUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man | TDWG use | VERTEBRATE POISONS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dr H King, FRS | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Basket employed by South American Indians for carrying wild cotton used for wrapping round blow-pipe darts or arrows poisoned with curare (strychnos). See Waterstones account. Label source: From National Institute for Medical Research, (Me, dical Research Council) Hampstead N.W.3. | ||||