Clove model of Malay Orang Biak - Specimen details

Clove model of Malay Orang Biak - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 55560

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Plant Name 67.01 MYRTACEAE Syzygium aromaticum Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Clove model of Malay Orang Biak Vernacular Name
Iso Country Indonesia TDWG Region Indonesia
Parts Held Clove model of Malay Orang Biak Geography Description Moluccas, Ambiona Island
Uses Clove model of Malay Orang BiakUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Henshall J Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1854
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Model of a Malay Orang Biak or Pleasure Boat, made of cloves sewn together with Pineapple fibre. No.1. Product, abundances price each 6/8. Locality, Island Aboina, Moluccas date 1854.x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998t, o May 2016.x0Dx0AAn Anglo Indonesian group visited EBC in July 2018 and suggested the term Rajah on one of the labels may refer to it being a Royal boat.
Determinations:67.01 MYRTACEAE Syzygium aromaticum Merr. & Perry
    67.01 MYRTACEAE Caryophyllus aromatica

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