Rope and fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64857 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 33.01 TILIACEAE Tilia americana | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Rope and fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Canada | TDWG Region | Canada | ||
| Parts Held | Rope and fibre | Geography Description | Canada | ||
| Uses | Rope and fibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Bishop of Quebec | Donor No | |||
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| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Stronger rope. Specimens of the manufacture of rope by the French peasants of Lower Canada, from the inner bark of the American Lime Tree. No. 1 Raw Material. No. 2. Partly made into cord; shewing the material as prepared for making ropes w, hich are not required to bear a severe strain, such as halters, etc. No. 3 Shewing the material after it has been steeped in lye, or dried by the sun or fire, in order to bear a heavier strain, as in passing a 'scow' across a river by hand etc. From the B, ishop of Quebec. | ||||