Mousetrap - Specimen details

Mousetrap - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73480

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Plant Name 33.01 TILIACEAE Grewia plagiophylla Entry Book Number 21.1995.13
Artefact Name Mousetrap Vernacular Name
Iso Country Kenya TDWG Region Kenya
Parts Held Mousetrap Geography Description Kenya, Africa, East Tropical Africa, Giriama Village, Gede National Monument
Uses MousetrapUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Morley J & Davis S Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 27/02/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Shaft of trap of Grewia plagiophylla for its flexibility but ability to keep its shape. Twine is Agave sisalana, cup is Adansonia digitata, Trap components are Premna hildebrandtii and bait is Zea mays.x0Dx0APlants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May, 1998 to May 2016.
Determinations:31.02 BOMBACACEAE Adansonia digitata
    33.01 TILIACEAE Grewia plagiophylla
    125.01 VERBENACEAE Premna hildebrandtii
    175.11 AGAVACEAE Agave sisalana
    200.00 POACEAE Zea mays

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