Stages in fibre production - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73630 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 153.01 URTICACEAE Girardinia diversifolia | Entry Book Number | 7.1996 | |
| Artefact Name | Stages in fibre production | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nepal | TDWG Region | Nepal | ||
| Parts Held | Stages in fibre production | Geography Description | Nepal, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Sankhuwasabha District | ||
| Uses | Stages in fibre productionUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Rai Bishum Kumari | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1995 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Dunsmore S | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Display board showing stages in nettle fibre processing - Rough bark fibres, extracted fibre, and pictures of garments made from them. The same species Sir Joseph Hooker collected for Kew on his travels in the Himalayas in the late 1850s are spun and wov, en in Nepal into traditional mats, sacks and jackets as well as new types of textiles. Nepalese weaving patterns inspired by plants. In the centre, the national flower of Nepal, Lali Guras, Rhododendron arboreum. Below, a topi/cap with the rhododendron, motif. The nettle harvesting separates the outer bark from the pith. The fibre is then processed traditionally by boiling the bark with wood ash, then rinsing and scraping out the fibres. Garments made from the nettle fibre are stocked by Livingstone S, tudio, 36 New End Square, Hampstead (Tel: 0171 431 4022) Sankhuwasabha District, 1995 Handknitted nettle shawls circa 70cm x 190cm weigh only circa 100 grams. | ||||