Portion of sleeping mat - Specimen details

Portion of sleeping mat - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73562

Plant Name 170.03 MARANTACEAE Marantochloa leucantha Entry Book Number 37.1995.3
Artefact Name Portion of sleeping mat Vernacular Name
Iso Country Cameroon TDWG Region Cameroon
Parts Held Portion of sleeping mat Geography Description Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Etome
Uses Portion of sleeping matUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Bottles etc, outsize Related Items
Donor Ndumbe E Donor No
Donor Date 00/10/1995 Donor Notes
Collector Ndumbe P, Rumball N Collector No 38
Collection Notes Collection Date 26/10/1995
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Sample of sleeping mat made by Eku Ndumbe at Etome. (Village near Limbe). Collected by Paul Ndumbe 26.10.1995. Made from local Marantaceae stems. Stems are prepared by splitting and bending around tree trunks - central portion of stem is removed.

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