Toothbrush - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76049 | |||||
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| No Image | 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 | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Whitby EG | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/12/1999 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| 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. | ||||