2 bracelets from chambira leaf fibre - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99455 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 187.00 PALMAE Astrocaryum chambira | Entry Book Number | 5.2015.4 | |
| Artefact Name | 2 bracelets from chambira leaf fibre | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Colombia | TDWG Region | Colombia | ||
| Parts Held | 2 bracelets from chambira leaf fibre | Geography Description | Lower Caqueta, Tikuna Communityx0Dx0AGeography inferred from plant distribution (2019) | ||
| Uses | 2 bracelets from chambira leaf fibreUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Gardiner L | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 30/10/2015 | Donor Notes | Donor reformatted 2019 | ||
| Collector | Gardiner L | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/06/2015 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Bracelets woven by the Tikuna people of the Colombian Amazon with fibres obtained from unexpanded leaves of the chambira palm. This palm, the most important source of fiber in western Amazonia, was in process of domestication by the time of the Europeanc, onquest.x0Dx0A | ||||