Bag (Kew EBC 75780)
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| String bag from East Yunnan, bought from a Sani woman in 1998 | |
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| Artefact· KewEBC 75780 | |
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| The bag, as photographed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
| Object | |
| Object Type | Bag |
| Use | Made from cannabis |
| Cannabis in the Record | |
| Holder's Wording | "153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sp" |
| Attribution | Stated |
| Origin | |
| Place (as Recorded) | East Yunnan (village near the Stone Forest east of Kunming) |
| Country | China |
| Field Collector | C. Leon |
| Holding | |
| Held By | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Collection | Economic Botany Collection |
| Catalogue Number | EBC 75780 |
| Entry Number | 20.1998.2 |
| Date Acquired | 1998 |
| Holder's Record | View the holder's record |
EBC 75780 is an artefact catalogued in the Economic Botany Collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: a string bag from Yunnan in China, which Kew files under the plant name Cannabis and the use MATERIALS - Fibres.[1] Kew's note records that it was bought from a woman of the Sani, whom the note counts as part of the Yi, in a village near the Stone Forest east of Kunming. It was entered at Kew in 1998.
The catalogue entry
The catalogue gives the artefact name and the parts held as String bag, the plant name as 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sp, the use as MATERIALS - Fibres with the user Man, the country as China and the storage as Large shelving. Its geography description reads Yunnan, Asia-Temperate, China, China South-central, E of Kunming. The entry book number is 20.1998.2. The collector field reads Leon C and the collection date 00/08/1998, August 1998 with no day. The donor fields are blank.[1]
Kew's help page defines the collector as the person or institution who first obtained a specimen, and the entry book number as a number given to each group of specimens at the point of acquisition, in a series that runs each year.[2] Kew also publishes the entry to GBIF, determined to the genus Cannabis, with four photographs of the bag.[3]
The note
The notes field reads: Purchased from a woman of the Sani tribe (part of Yi tribe) in East Yunnan (village near the Stone Forest east of Kunming) Cost @ 25 pounds sterling). The unmatched closing bracket is the catalogue's.[1]
The object
Kew's photographs show a rectangular bag of knotted cord with a looped handle at each upper corner. A band of crossed knotting runs below the mouth, and a long fringe of cords, each knotted at its end, hangs from the body to well below its base.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "String bag, catalogue number 75780". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- ↑ "How to use the Economic Botany Collection database". Economic Botany Collection. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Occurrence 2429024720: Cannabis L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 October 2026.