Dyed yarn from Nanyuki spinners - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73476 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Tagetes minuta | Entry Book Number | 21.1995.12 | |
| Artefact Name | Dyed yarn from Nanyuki spinners | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Kenya | TDWG Region | Kenya | ||
| Parts Held | Dyed yarn from Nanyuki spinners | Geography Description | Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Nanyuki | ||
| Uses | Dyed yarn from Nanyuki spinnersUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Morley J & Davis S | Collector No | 12 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 13/03/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | 6 samples of dyed yarn from Nanyiki spinners and weavers as follows: 1. Compositae sp 1 = blackjack = brown/rust colour 2. Tagetes minuta, Mexican marigold = gold 3. Labiatae sp (?) = Croton; Maigoya (Kikuyu) purple/pink 4. Opuntia sp = purple/pink 5, . Compositae sp 2 = red 6. Brassica oleracea cv = red cabbage = blue | ||||
| Determinations: | 11.00 CRUCIFERAE Brassica oleracea 78.01 CACTACEAE Opuntia sp 88.00 COMPOSITAE 88.00 COMPOSITAE 88.00 COMPOSITAE Tagetes minuta 126.01 LABIATAE | ||||