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1931.86.344

Plant root and leaves, in stoppered tube [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/1/2005]

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1931.86.344

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plant root and leaves, in stoppered tube [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/1/2005]
Geographical reference
Bougainville Buka Pororan Island
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Donated: 1935
Materials and processes
Material Plant Root, Material Plant Leaf
Dimensions
Length: max 160 mm tube
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.86.344 Other numbers: Blackwood number 340
Associated publications
Offprint: Blackwood, B. "Treatment of the Sick in the Solomon Islands" Folklore, June, 1935. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2004]

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