Block of resin - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 63396 | |||||
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Plant Name | 42.00 BURSERACEAE Protium sp | Entry Book Number | 65.1855 | |
| Artefact Name | Block of resin | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Venezuela | TDWG Region | Venezuela | ||
| Parts Held | Block of resin | Geography Description | Venezuela, Rio Orinoco | ||
| Uses | Block of resinUse: MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders User: Man | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Respiratory System Disorders | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 185 | ||
| Donor Date | 15/06/1855 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Extracted by the Maquitare and Piaroa Indians on the Orinoco. Applied in plasters to the chest as Burgundy Pitch is applied in Europe. | ||||