Roll of paper, and a paper hanging decorated with flowers - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 76391 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 32.00 STERCULIACEAE Dombeya madagascarenis | Entry Book Number | 30.2001 | |
| Artefact Name | Roll of paper, and a paper hanging decorated with flowers | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Madagascar | TDWG Region | Madagascar | ||
| Parts Held | Roll of paper, and a paper hanging decorated with flowers | Geography Description | Madagascar, Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Fort Dauphin | ||
| Uses | Roll of paper, and a paper hanging decorated with flowersUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles etc, outsize | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Donor No | ||||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Kirkby, R | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 22/06/2001 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | These trees dont grow around Ambovoloa where the paper is made, but nearer inland (c50km) from Fort Dauphin. Trees on coast grow to 20 foot, shrubby.x0Dx0ACost: 60p/sheet (6000) Madagascan francs; c 10000/£x0Dx0ABark shreds (not very wide) are boiled and beaten,, spread out to dry on 'linen' gause, put into sun to dry, dried flowers coated on, then attached by more pulp painted over the top. 440g pulp/mx0Dx0AUses seen by Richard include menus, hotel welcome cards, slightly fancy paper. No details about harvesting -, eg whether whole tree felled and stripped or what. | ||||