Mass of powdered bark - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 61246 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Pterocarpus erinaceus | Entry Book Number | 59.1917 | |
| Artefact Name | Mass of powdered bark | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nigeria | TDWG Region | Nigeria | ||
| Parts Held | Mass of powdered bark | Geography Description | Southern Nigeria, Banoara | ||
| Uses | Mass of powdered barkUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Warren C | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 28/10/1917 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: Obtained at Bansara. It is manufactured by chipping off the bark of the growing tree, the material is then roughly chopped and powdered mixed with moist cow dung and moulded into round or square tins, these are placed in the ashes of the dy, ing fire at night and extracted early the next morning. the two small cavities are made when moulding and are intended to facilitate the using. The uses - to powder and paint bodies of members of the Munshi and adjacent tribes on certain fete days. The, cutting of the tree is now forbidden without a license under the Forestry Ordinance (1916). The sample shown is sold for 3d to 6d in the markets of the Ogojo Province Southern Nigeria. Opuscular source: Letter from Watten, 42, Thorny Hedge Road, Gunner, sbury 27.10.1917, Dear Mr Hillier, I am sending the note on the camwood as promised. I have received notice to say that I am not to sail until Now 28 which gives me another month to enjoy the worries of food hunting. | ||||