Cord (Kew EBC 43418)

Sandal cord of plaited hemp from Yokohama, entered at Kew in 1898
Artefact· KewEBC 43418
The cord, as photographed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Object
Object Type	Cord
Use	Made from cannabis
Cannabis in the Record
Holder's Wording	"Sandal cord of plaited hemp"
Attribution	Stated
Origin
Place (as Recorded)	Yokohama, Japan
Country	Japan
Holding
Held By	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Collection	Economic Botany Collection
Catalogue Number	EBC 43418
Entry Number	24.1898
Acquired From	T. L. Bullock
Date Acquired	1898
Holder's Record	View the holder's record

EBC 43418 is an artefact catalogued in the Economic Botany Collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: a sandal cord of plaited hemp from Yokohama, in Japan, which Kew files under the plant name Cannabis sativa. It was entered at Kew in 1898, with T. L. Bullock as donor.

The catalogue entry

The catalogue gives the artefact name and the parts held as Sandal cord of plaited hemp, the plant name as 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa, the use as MATERIALS - Fibres with the user Man, the country as Japan, the geography description as Yokohama, Japan, the storage as Bottles, boxes etc, the entry book number as 24.1898 and the donor as Bullock TL. The donor number, donor date, collector, collector's number and collection date fields are blank.

Kew's help page defines 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, and uses the donor field when specimens have passed through a second person or institution. Kew also publishes the entry to GBIF, with the locality Yokohama, Japan and two photographs of the cord.

The object

Kew's photographs show a single length of pale cord, plaited from three strands, laid in loose loops and frayed at both ends. A second photograph shows the cord beside Kew's typed label, which repeats the catalogue number, the plant name and the object's name, and gives the place as Yokohama.

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