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Catalogue Number: 73560
Plant Name
170.03 MARANTACEAE Marantochloa leucantha
Entry Book Number
37.1995.11
Artefact Name
Fruit basket
Vernacular Name
Iso Country
Cameroon
TDWG Region
Cameroon
Parts Held
Fruit basket
Geography Description
Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Etome
Uses
Fruit basketUse: MATERIALS User: Man
TDWG use
MATERIALS
Storage
Bottles, boxes etc
Related Items
Donor
Ndumbe E
Donor No
Donor Date
26/10/1995
Donor Notes
Collector
Ndumbe P, Rumball N
Collector No
36
Collection Notes
Collection Date
26/10/1995
Exhibition
Expedition
Number Components
Publication
Notes:
Basket made by Eku Ndumbe at Etome (near Limbe). Made from local Marantaceae, by splitting stems. Same plant is used to make sleeping mats, and the leaves are used to wrap pounded yams, for selling on the markets.
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