Grated & dried turmeric
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: Small plastic bag of natural turmeric, grated and sun-& air-dried. Sample of dyed fiber taped to bag. Donor's notes: "A favoured plant used to obtain the colour yellow; still preferred for colouring dance costumes for the colour shade it imparts (over the commercially bought yellow dyes). Turmeric is always used in a favourite Cook Islands food item: goat curry; turmeric is sometimes used as an antiseptic. In the past it was used to colour the skin to highlight a tattoo and it was used to distinguish a tapa cloth which was to be presented to/ used by a mother-to-be."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Mar 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islands Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Botanical