Fibre belt or headband - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73896 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.01 URTICACEAE Girardinia diversifolia | Entry Book Number | 37.1997.1 | |
| Artefact Name | Fibre belt or headband | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nepal | TDWG Region | Nepal | ||
| Parts Held | Fibre belt or headband | Geography Description | Nepal, Asia Tropical, Indian Subcontinent, Khardep, Khoshi Hill Area | ||
| Uses | Fibre belt or headbandUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | In Museum | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Dunsmore S | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/1992 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Traditional nettle fibre woven belt 'jhola' strap headband handwoven by Rai women from the Sankhuwasabha mountains of Nepal. The strong fibres have been extracted by Rais for centuries by boiling and beating the bark of the allo plant, then spun and wove, n to make sacks, mats, bags, jhola straps and jackets. Khardep, Khoshi Hill Area. Rural Development Programme.x0Dx0APart of Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016 | ||||