Two woven dishes - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76357 | |||||
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Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Phragmites mauritianus | Entry Book Number | 4.2001.1 | |
| Artefact Name | Two woven dishes | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Zimbabwe | TDWG Region | Zimbabwe | ||
| Parts Held | Two woven dishes | Geography Description | Zimbabwe, Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zambesi Valley | ||
| Uses | Two woven dishesUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Behr, S | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/00/2001 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | These dishes are used by locals - larger versions are used for winnowing grain. Bought from Harare Market, but made by the Tonga Tribe in the Zambesi Valley. Made from Phragmites mauritianus. Small centre portion or Hyphaene petersiana (Possibly dyed w, ith Berchemia discolor or Indigofera tinctoria as such baskets commonly are) | ||||
| Determinations: | 187.00 PALMAE Hyphaene petersiana Klotsch 200.00 POACEAE Phragmites mauritianus Kunth | ||||