Paper utilizing refuse tea - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 75885 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 28.01 THEACEAE Camellia sinensis | Entry Book Number | 3.1999 | |
| Artefact Name | Paper utilizing refuse tea | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Sri Lanka | TDWG Region | Sri Lanka | ||
| Parts Held | Paper utilizing refuse tea | Geography Description | Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical, India | ||
| Uses | Paper utilizing refuse teaUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Alles E | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/01/1999 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Packet of papers and envelopes handmade in rural Sri Lanka using waste paper blended with rice paddy husk, straw and refuse tea. The folder is handmade out of 75% elephant dung to draw attention to the tragic plight of the Sri Lankan wild elephant. Paper, donated by Elmo Alles of 11/2 Boyd Place, Colombo-3, Sri Lanka (094-1-328710) while he was visiting Kew. | ||||