Fire fan - Specimen details

Fire fan - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73335

Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Astrocaryum sp Entry Book Number 3.1995.6
Artefact Name Fire fan Vernacular Name
Iso Country Brazil TDWG Region Brazil
Parts Held Fire fan Geography Description Amazonas, Southern America, Brazil, Brazil North
Uses Fire fanUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Milliken William Collector No 6
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/1994
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Bought from the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI) in Manaus - made by Katukina Indians. Young unopened leaflets of Astrocaryum sp - the ends are tied with fibres from the leaves of Bromelia sp (Bromeliaceae), which have been rubbed in a resin from a gut, tiferous tree (probably Symphonia globulifera L.f.).
Determinations:27.01 GUTTIFERAE Symphonia globulifera L.f.
    171.00 BROMELIACEAE Bromelia sp
    187.00 PALMAE Astrocaryum sp

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