Mate Cup - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99785 | |||||
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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 | 61 | ||
| Donor Date | 18/05/2017 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Haynes, B. J. | Collector No | 61 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Gourd used as a cup to drink yerba mate, an infusion popular in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Given the inscription 'Recuerdo', it is very likely it was sold as a souvenir. See pages 24,25 of 'The Gourd Magazine', Vol 36, No 2, Summer 2006 | ||||