- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Seed pod of the Uli tree.
- Cultural groups
- Igbo
- Person
- Field collector Winifred Beatrice Yeatman
- Field collector Church Missionary Society
- PRM source Winifred Beatrice Yeatman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1975
- Date collected
- By 1975
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1975
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Seed Capsule
- Dimensions
- Length 42 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1975.3.18
Search terms: Specimen, Body Art, Plant, Body Art Accessory
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