Bark (Raw Material) "Chihusu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Nov 1899
label: Collection Date
content: 1895 to 1899
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Samuel P. Verner
label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Samuel P. Verner
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "INNER BARK OF A LARGE TREE USED FOR MAKING A VESSEL IN WHICH THINGS ARE BOILED OVER AN OPEN FIRE, ESPECIALLY IN EVAPORATING THE SALTS FROM GRASS ASHES. THIS LEAVES THE SEDIMENT USED IN CENTRAL AFRICA IN PLACE OF SODIUM CHLORIDE. SEE VERNER'S BOOK "PIONEERING IN CENTRAL AFRICA" (RICHMOND, 1903), PP296, FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE USE OF THIS BARK."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Luba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035839
label: USNM Number
content: E204288-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bark