Nepalese seat mat or pad ('Pira') - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99730 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE | Entry Book Number | 11.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Nepalese seat mat or pad ('Pira') | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nepal | TDWG Region | Nepal | ||
| Parts Held | Nepalese seat mat or pad ('Pira') | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Nepalese seat mat or pad ('Pira')Use: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dunsmore, Susi | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 10/04/2017 | Donor Notes | 'Pira' seat mat, [said to be] made from maize cob leaves. These are in daily use in most rural areas of Nepal.x0Dx0Asee also: Susi Dunsmore 2016. Notes on Nepal's creative basketry. ISBN 0-9552900-1-5 photographed p 33; p, 4 raw materials. | ||
| Collector | Dunsmore, Susi | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Dunsmore (2016): Corn trash and straws are made into a wide variety of mates and seat pads. x0Dx0ANB. This pad has both grass stems and leaves, not just leaves as stated on label.. | ||||