Pendant and unprocessed seed - Specimen details

Pendant and unprocessed seed - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 98110

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Plant Name 187.00 PALMAE Latania loddigesii Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Pendant and unprocessed seed Vernacular Name
Iso Country United States TDWG Region United States
Parts Held Pendant and unprocessed seed Geography Description
Uses Pendant and unprocessed seedUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Smith, Ruth Donor No 49
Donor Date Donor Notes Polished seed from Hawaii; unpolished seed from Hawaii
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Ruth Smith's Beads (http://www.botanicalbeads.com/BBB_page_130.html): 'the fruits ... are dull green when ripe. Its tough hard rind contains one to three seeds. The outer coatin gof the seed, the endosperm, has an attractive distinctly ridged pattern. I, n Hawaii, the polished seeds are made into pendants.'

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