Unfinished rice drying mat - Specimen details

Unfinished rice drying mat - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 99402

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Plant Name 199.00 CYPERACEAE Lepironia articulata Entry Book Number 9.2016
Artefact Name Unfinished rice drying mat Vernacular Name
Iso Country Madagascar TDWG Region Madagascar
Parts Held Unfinished rice drying mat Geography Description Tanana (village) Bongabe, Fkt: Bongabe
Uses Unfinished rice drying matUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Gardiner, Lauren Donor No
Donor Date 27/07/2016 Donor Notes
Collector Gardiner, Lauren Collector No LGEB30
Collection Notes Collection Date 09/06/2016
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Lepironia stem washed, flattened, and dried in sun, woven by hand. Same as 99401 but collected to show more easily how the mat is woven. Different stages of edging is shown from completely unfinished through to finished (Lauren Gardiner, pers. comm.).
Determinations:187.00 PALMAE Raphia sp.
    199.00 CYPERACEAE Lepironia articulata (Retz.) Domin

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