Bark Of Lacewood Tree
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Apr 1908
name: label: Collector
content: Frederick B. Kilmer
label: Donor Name
content: Frederick B. Kilmer
notes: label: Notes
content: BARK OF A TIMBER TREE THE NAME OF WHICH WAS COINED IN JAMAICA. DURING THE PERIOD OF SPANISH CONTROL OF JAMAICA (1509-1655), THE TREE WAS KNOWN AS "LAGETTO". WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE ABOUT THIS SPECIES IS THAT ITS INTERIOR BARK IS COMPOSED OF AN INTEGUMENT OF TWELVE OF SO WHITE LAYERS. WHEN THE OUTER BARK IS REMOVED, THESE LAYERS OR TUNICLES FORM A WIB NOT UNLIKE GAUSE, LACE, OR THIN MUSLIN (SOURCE: FREDRICK CASSIDY, 1961 JAMAICA TALK: 300 YEARS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN JAMAICA. MacMILLAN CARIBBEAN).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Jamaica, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Jamaican
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 048604
label: USNM Number
content: E250367-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical