Rope (Kew EBC 43413)

Rope as used in Kashmir, given to Kew by Dr Aitchison
Artefact· KewEBC 43413
Object
Object Type	Rope
Use	Made from cannabis
Cannabis in the Record
Holder's Wording	"153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa"
Attribution	Stated
Origin
Place (as Recorded)	Kashmir
Country	India
Holding
Held By	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Collection	Economic Botany Collection
Catalogue Number	EBC 43413
Acquired From	Dr Aitchison
Holder's Record	View the holder's record

EBC 43413 is an artefact catalogued in the Economic Botany Collection of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: a rope that Kew names Rope as used in Kashmir and files under the plant name Cannabis sativa and the use MATERIALS - Fibres. The catalogue places it in Kashmir, under the country India, and records Dr Aitchison as its donor.

The catalogue entry

The catalogue gives the artefact name and the parts held as Rope as used in Kashmir, the plant name as 153.04 CANNABACEAE Cannabis sativa, the use as MATERIALS - Fibres with the user Man, the country as India, the geography description as Kashmir, the storage as Bottles, boxes etc and the donor as Aitchison Dr. The notes read Label source: 2.10.1875. The catalogue leaves the entry book number, donor number, donor date, collector, collector's number and collection date blank.

Kew's help page defines the collector as the person or institution who first obtained a specimen, and says the donor field is used when specimens have passed through a second person or institution. Kew also publishes the entry to GBIF, with the locality Kashmir and the country India. No image of the rope is published.

Kew records the same donor and place for Broken leaves of hemp, the accession EBC 43407 (by 1876), with the donor date 00/00/1876, the year 1876 alone.

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