Shungai leaf dyestuff - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99372 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 999.99 FAMILY UNKNOWN | Entry Book Number | 1.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Shungai leaf dyestuff | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | India | TDWG Region | India | ||
| Parts Held | Shungai leaf dyestuff | Geography Description | Kalimpong, West Bengal, India | ||
| Uses | Shungai leaf dyestuffUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill, David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 20/01/2016 | Donor Notes | Part of the dyes collected by Robin Hill in the 1930s | ||
| Collector | Collector No | ||||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 03/02/1935 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Letter: Yellow leaf call 'Shungai' in which the yarn is first boiled, after which itis boiled in the 'majita' to give the good madder and red colour. Illegible signature 3/2/35 Kalimpong Arts & Crafts.x0Dx0ANote from David Hill: majita is probably munjeet Ru, bia cordifolia. | ||||