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Objects, drawings and photos from Im Thurn's collections at Kew

 

Objects

Buck pot
Economic Botany Collections, Kew 37797  (Image: RBG Kew)

Buck pot made of clay mixed with burned and powdered Kanto bark, Hirtella americana by the Arawak Indians of British Guiana.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dishes modeled in Balata
Economic Botany Collections, Kew 50937 (Image: RBG Kew)
 

Dishes modeled in Balata.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goglet made by Indians of Demarara

Economic Botany Collections, Kew 54657 (Image: RBG Kew)
 

Goglet made by Indians of Demerara, supposed to be imitated from fruit of Lagenaria spp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrows manufacturing
Economic Botany Collections, Kew (Image: RBG Kew)

Arrow manufacturing (sample of Karamanni wax used for cementing arrow heads).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drawings

Trichopilia subulata
Library Collection, Kew (Image: RBG Kew)

Drawing of Trichopilia subulata

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rodriguezia secunda
Library Collection, Kew (Image: RBG Kew)

Drawing of Rodriguezia secunda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographs

Mauritia flexuosa
Economic Botany Photograph Collection, Kew (Image: RBG Kew)

Aeta Palm, Mauritia flexuosa, Maccassema [British Guiana]
Norton Brothers, British Guiana
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximiliana martiana
Economic Botany Photograph Collection, Kew (Image: RBG Kew)
 

Kokerite Palms, Maximiliana martiana, Maccassema [British Guiana]
Norton Brothers, British Guiana
 

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