Basket - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 73828

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Plant Name 200.00 POACEAE Neomicrocalamus andropogonifolius Entry Book Number 14.1997.2
Artefact Name Basket Vernacular Name
Iso Country Bhutan TDWG Region Bhutan
Parts Held Basket Geography Description Bhutan, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Zhemgang District
Uses BasketUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Barrow S Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/02/1997
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Basket with lid. Used traditionally for carrying food, and are increasingly sold to tourists as souvenir items. Traditionally split cane and bamboo products were coloured with vegetable dyes, however, modern products (including this item) are coloured w, ith chemical dyes. (Of Indian origin) Purchased in Thimphu, Handicrafts Emporium but manufactured in Bjorka Gewog of Zhemgang District. Weave of basket ot Neomicrocalamus, vernacular name Yula (Khengkha), Frame and stitching of Calamus acanthospathus ver, nacular names Krath, Gren (Khengkha), Gauribet (Lepchas), Munzi (Sharchop) Collected by R Pradhan, S Barrow, C Stapleton in connection with a cane and bamboo survey of Zhemgang District (January- March 1997). All voucher specimens held in the herbarium i, n Bhutan.x0Dx0APart of Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016.
Determinations:187.00 PALMAE Calamus acanthospathus Griffith
    200.00 POACEAE Neomicrocalamus andropogonifolius (Griffith) Stapleton

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