Indigo dyed cotton cloth - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73252 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Lonchocarpus cyanescens | Entry Book Number | 27.1925 | |
| Artefact Name | Indigo dyed cotton cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nigeria | TDWG Region | Nigeria | ||
| Parts Held | Indigo dyed cotton cloth | Geography Description | Nigeria, Africa, West Tropical Africa, Oyo and Iseyin | ||
| Uses | Indigo dyed cotton clothUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill Sir Arthur | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1924 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Ross Capt | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1921 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Sample of native weaving and dyeing from Oyo and Iseyin, Southern Provinces, Nigeria. The strips 4 inches wide are woven by men. The blue is obtained from L. cyanescens and the depth of colour depends on the number of times the cloth is dipped in the dy, e. From the Directors collection - Nigeria donated to museum 1924. Part of specimens sent by Captain Ross, 37/1921 | ||||