Length of nettle or 'allo' cloth - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99739 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 153.01 URTICACEAE Girardinia diversifolia | Entry Book Number | 11.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Length of nettle or 'allo' cloth | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Nepal | TDWG Region | Nepal | ||
| Parts Held | Length of nettle or 'allo' cloth | Geography Description | Sankhuwasbha | ||
| Uses | Length of nettle or 'allo' clothUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dunsmore, Susi | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 10/04/2017 | Donor Notes | see: Susi Dunsmore 1985 (2006). The Nettle in Nepal: tradition and innovation. ISBN 0-9552900-0-7 | ||
| Collector | Dunsmore, Susi | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Extracted from label data: Nettle fibre textiles from the mountains of Nepal. 'Allo' occurs in forests above 1500 m. For generations Rai, Gurung and Magar have extracted the fibres by boiling and beating the bark of the stems and then spinning and weavin, g them to make sacks, bags, straps, jackets or knitted fishing nets. Besides these traditional products weavers from Sankhuwasbha have recently created a variety of textiles including knitwear and a combination of nettle and local wool and other fibres f, or a wider market, which has enabled them to earn the supplementary income essential to survival in this harsh environment. Your purchase can help the people preserve a rich cultural heritage and protect the mountain area. | ||||