Guayacu or stout cottoncloth - Specimen details
Catalogue Number: 65600 | |||||
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No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | 65.1855 | |
Artefact Name | Guayacu or stout cottoncloth | Vernacular Name | |||
Iso Country | Venezuela | TDWG Region | Venezuela | ||
Parts Held | Guayacu or stout cottoncloth | Geography Description | Venezuela, Orinoco, | ||
Uses | Guayacu or stout cottonclothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
Donor | Spruce, Richard | Donor No | 175 | ||
Donor Date | 15/06/1855 | Donor Notes | |||
Collector | Spruce, Richard | Collector No | |||
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Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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Notes: | Label source: Guayucu or stout cotton cloth woven by the Piaroa Indians on the Orinoco and worn by them and the Maquitares. It is 5 or 6 feet long by about 20 inches wide and has a tassel at each corner. It is worn between the thighs secured by a stringp, assing round the loins, and the free portion either hangs down behind or is passed up the back and over the left shoulder.x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. |