Leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 54236 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 80.00 UMBELLIFERAE Hermas gigantea | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | South Africa | TDWG Region | South Africa | ||
| Parts Held | Leaves | Geography Description | South Africa | ||
| Uses | LeavesUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Rawson Honorable Rawson W | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Collector No | ||||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: The Hottentots extract the midrib and veins of the leaves while fresh, and then ingeniously draw back the whole under surface, so as to expose the inner to view ; or, gently separating the upper and under surfaces, turn the whole leaf insid, e out, and thus make miniature socks and gloves etc. | ||||