Mate cup - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99782 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 46.01 AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex paraguariensis | Entry Book Number | 13.2017 | |
| Artefact Name | Mate cup | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Mate cup | Geography Description | Commonly found in Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina | ||
| Uses | Mate cupUse: MATERIALS User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Haynes, B. J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Gourd used as a cup to drink yerba mate, a popular infusion in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. The metallic ring prevents the opening from frowing larger due to constant use. See pages 24, 25 of 'The Gourd Magazine', Vol. 36, No 2, Summer 2006 | ||||