Cotton hammock - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 65618 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 31.01 MALVACEAE Gossypium sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Cotton hammock | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Guyana | TDWG Region | Guyana | ||
| Parts Held | Cotton hammock | Geography Description | British Guiana | ||
| Uses | Cotton hammockUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Ridgeway AF | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Contributed by Miss Ross. This is made of the wild cotton from the interior of the Colony, referred to in Sir R Schomburghks description of the British Guiana as remakable for its fine long staple, silky appearance and excellent quality., Full sized hammocks made of this material, command a price from 3 to 4 times higher than those of English manufacture. | ||||