Toothbrush - Specimen details

Toothbrush - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 76049

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Cocos nucifera Entry Book Number 1.2000
Artefact Name Toothbrush Vernacular Name
Iso Country Singapore TDWG Region Singapore
Parts Held Toothbrush Geography Description Singapore, Asia-Tropical, Malesia, Malaya, Changi
Uses ToothbrushUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS - Fibres
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Donor Whitby EG Donor No
Donor Date 00/12/1999 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Number Components Publication
Notes: Toothbrush made in 1944 in Changi, Singapore Island, by a POW - Eric G Whitby. Donated to Kew Collections December, 1999 Made at the brush factory using fibres from the coconut. Brushes for sweeping and toothbrushes were made.

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