Salt from leaves - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73504 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 179.00 PONTEDERIACEAE Eichhornia crassipes | Entry Book Number | 30.1995 | |
| Artefact Name | Salt from leaves | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Brazil | TDWG Region | Brazil | ||
| Parts Held | Salt from leaves | Geography Description | Brazil, Southern America, Rio Xingu | ||
| Uses | Salt from leavesUse: FOOD User: Man | TDWG use | FOOD | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Prance Prof | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1995 | Donor Notes | Yawalapiti Chief Aritana Date: 00/00/1995x0Dx0A | ||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Two packs of Indian salt, given by Chief Aritana Yawalapiti of the Yawalapiti Indians of the Rio Xingu, Brazil. The salt is made from leaves of water hyacinth, which is burnt to extract the salt. | ||||