Andaman Island net strap - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65058 | |||||
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Plant Name | 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia umbellata | Entry Book Number | 5.1902 | |
| Artefact Name | Andaman Island net strap | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Andaman Island net strap | Geography Description | Andaman Islands | ||
| Uses | Andaman Island net strapUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Vaux P | Donor No | 42 & 26 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Fine netting, plain or ornamental with shells, worn occasionally by both sexes as necklaces, armulets etc. Baby slings (No. 24) bows, pig spears etc are sometimes ornamented with pieces of this netting.x0Dx0ASarah Giffin, UCL - The beads are t, usk shells (Dentalium octagonum, also known as Elephant's tooth, a species of scaphoapoda mollusc found off the coast of India.x0Dx0ANote from Ruth Stungo: Dendrobium is yellow straw like material (see Radcliffe-Brown, The Andaman Islanders. CUP, 1922, p 482, ; E.H. Man, 1885, reprinted 1932, On the Aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands, p. 164). Shells are Dentalium sp. | ||||
| Determinations: | 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia umbellata (Houtt.) Stapf. 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Melochia velutina Wall. ? 169.00 ORCHIDACEAE Dendrobium sp | ||||