Olive oil soap - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99487 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 104.00 OLEACEAE Olea europaea | Entry Book Number | 12.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Olive oil soap | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Olive oil soap | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Olive oil soapUse: User: Man | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
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| Donor Date | 00/00/1997 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Plants + People exhibition Museum No 1, Kew. May 1998 to May 2016. Exhibition catalogue: The cultivation of olive trees around the Mediterranean dates back to the Bronze Age. Oil pressed from the fruits has been used for cooking and lighting and, later, , for soap manufacture. | ||||