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Object Number
2007.4.75.2
Display Title
Thanaka wood and other samples
Descriptions
Object Description
Thanaka wood (Limonia acidissma linn) and other fragrant wood samples, possibly Padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus)
Inventory Description
Wood, cylindrical, split, elongated shapes, some smoothed
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1957-1958 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Burma
/
Yangon
/
Shwepyitha
/
Bonshegon Village
Materials
Thanaka wood, Padauk wood
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 6.4 x 5.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
2007.4.75.2
Credit Line
Gift of Hazel Hitson Weidman, Ph. D. '59
Provenance
Collector
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-1958 - 11/18/07)
Donor
Hazel Hitson Weidman
(1957-1958 - 11/18/07)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007.4.75.1 | Grinding stone for thanaka |
Metate
|
Bonshegon Village
| |
| 30-66-50/H1382 | Samples of various woods |
Floral
|
Tanzania
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Raw material, soil samples, wood fragments
| 989-17-60/15942 | Raw material, soil samples, wood fragments |
Raw Material
|
Iran
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Organic, wood samples
| 2003.1.641 | Organic, wood samples |
Wood
|
France?
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Wood samples
| 40-77-40/9675 | Wood samples |
Sample
|
Vinica
| |
| 08-36-70/74327 | Wood of "pepper" tree, "ha-pit" |
Floral
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 33-44-10/3490 | Wood samples |
Wood
|
Site ab7-13
| |
| 33-44-10/3493 | Wood samples |
Wood
|
Site ab7-13
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Wood samples
| 33-44-10/3505 | Wood samples |
Wood
|
Site ab7-13
| |
| 32-20-10/47 | Wood fragment?, possibly fossilized, not worked |
Floral
|
Alaska
| |
| 10-58-30/82806 | Samples of pitch |
Floral
|
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 31-16-10/A7616 | Samples of sticks |
Raw Material
Worked Wood |
Site ET-6-4
|