Writing Desk - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 71931 | |||||
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Plant Name | 53.01 ANACARDIACEAE Gluta renghas | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Writing Desk | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Malaysia | TDWG Region | Malaysia | ||
| Parts Held | Writing Desk | Geography Description | Malaya | ||
| Uses | Writing DeskUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Col AW Sinclair (Presented by) | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1929 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: Note to Mr Dallimore from L.A.B. : The ruler you left with me is made from the wood of one of the Anacardiaceae, probably a species of Melanorrhoea or Gluta. Ridley, in his list of Malay names, gives Kayu as meaning wood, and Rengas as appl, ied to Melanorrhoea Curtisii, M. Wallichii and Gluta rengas. L.A.B. 20.8. 29. Label source: Surg Col A W Sinclair. Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland Ave. WC.2. Kuala Lumpur. | ||||