Palm leaf pendulum (clothing) - Specimen details

Palm leaf pendulum (clothing) - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 76378

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Daemonorops sp Entry Book Number 20.2001.6
Artefact Name Palm leaf pendulum (clothing) Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Palm leaf pendulum (clothing) Geography Description Andaman little Island, Asia-Tropical, North Indian Oceanx0Dx0A
Uses Palm leaf pendulum (clothing)Use: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Bedi, Rajesh Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/2001
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Palm leaf pendulum. Onge women suspend it to cover reproductive organs. Identified by John Dransfield as a rattan - most likely Daemonorps: 'A few of the strands display minute spinelets, which indicates it is a rattan leaf, rather than anything else f, rom the Andamans.

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