- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Reed pen.
- Long description
- Reed pen with stained cross hatch pattern. The end is cut diagonally to form a nib. [MJD 20/08/2014]
- Person
- Field collector Henry Christy
- PRM source Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- PRM source Frank Norman Howes
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1961
- Date collected
- By 1961
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1961
- Materials and processes
- Material Reed Plant, Process Carved, Process Stained
- Dimensions
- Length: max 205 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1961.7.34.2
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