Stool from a single piece of wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99391 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.05 MORACEAE Milicia excelsa | Entry Book Number | 6.2015 | |
| Artefact Name | Stool from a single piece of wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nigeria | TDWG Region | Nigeria | ||
| Parts Held | Stool from a single piece of wood | Geography Description | Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria; 6 N 7 E | ||
| Uses | Stool from a single piece of woodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Large shelving | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hopkins, Brian | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 15/09/2015 | Donor Notes | Purchased from wood carvers in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria for £3,3.0 in 1964. | ||
| Collector | Wood carvers in Awka | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 14/03/1964 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Carved from a single piece of iroko wood. The interest is the 'stone' a calcium-salt deposit secreted and deposited by the living tree; see Jane, F.W. (1970) The structure of wood (2nd edn) Black, p. 135 & 289. (Brian Hopkins). See also examples of ston, es.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AIn Botanical Cafe exhibiton, Museum No. 1, as part of Joseph Banks display December 2016 - | ||||