Pottery ware from Licania or Moquilea - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 55451 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 58.02 CHRYSOBALANACEAE Licania sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Pottery ware from Licania or Moquilea | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Pottery ware from Licania or Moquilea | Geography Description | Brazil, Amazonas, River Uaupes | ||
| Uses | Pottery ware from Licania or MoquileaUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Probably made on the river Uaupes from the bark of one or more ssp of Licania or Moquilea, mixed with clay.x0Dx0ASource: Spruce, R. (1855) Domestic Uses. Plantae Amazonicae. Domestic Uses. (pp 31-61) and miscellaneous notes, p 38: Seems to giv, e it peculiar qualities, to silen content in the bark, which supplies lack of sand in clay, renders pottery fireproof, thus yielding to a lighter than European crockery. There is a caraipe on Uaupes which when burnt leaves scarcely any of its ? . Po, ttery of Uaupes especially large panellas and ganabas (called tingas in Venezuela) are superior to any other and its excellence is attributed to quality of clay but part of it is due to caraipe. The best cooking pottery on Manica, Crig and even at Fesno, in Uaupes, that a good many pots are also used. | ||||