Wild silk - Specimen details

Wild silk - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 91928

Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Indigofera sp Entry Book Number 1.2012
Artefact Name Wild silk Vernacular Name
Iso Country Bhutan TDWG Region Bhutan
Parts Held Wild silk Geography Description Radi.
Uses Wild silkUse: User: TDWG use
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Balfour-Paul J Donor No 24
Donor Date Donor Notes Reds are lac and madder, yellows from symplocos and tumeric, blues indigo, greens a combination and pinks a synthetic dye boiled in sour fruit. This length is for a women's kira. Woven by Mrs Peldon and her daughter Rinchin, taking three months.
Collector Balfour-Paul J Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/00/2004
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes:
Determinations:57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Indigofera sp
    170.01 ZINGIBERACEAE Curcuma longa L.

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