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Economic Botany Collections

The New Guinea Collection

Necklace of seeds and beads

Necklace of seeds and beads

Catalogue no:

29529

Botanical classification:

MUSACEAE Ensete calospermum

Collector:

N.W. Simmonds

Collection date:

20/01/1955

Donor:

N.W. Simmonds, Scottish Plant Breeding Station

Geographical origin:

Mekeo region, Central Province, Papua New Guinea

 

This necklace of seeds and beads was obtained in 1955 by the Scottish tropical agriculturalist Norman Simmonds whilst on a major collecting trip to the Pacific, Malaysia, Thailand and North India.

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