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NHD38/f.43
- Record Id:
- 040-003277185
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003277146
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x001dac
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD38/f.43
- Title:
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Fishtail Palm
- Scope & Content:
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Fishtail Palm
Family Arecaceae (Palmaceae), ‘Caryota sp’. (possibly ‘Caryota urens’)
Original inscriptions: ‘Garsoopa April 4th 1806’
‘Buggoneeor Bieni’ [?] ‘Murra. Young Palm Plant. This Tree produces Toddy throughout the year is only found in Forests never seen in the Plain Country. The Toddy is very sweet and intoxicating. The tree grows to a considerable height – about 50 feet – in diameter 17 ½ -- a Caste of People called Halla raise these Trees and are said to make use themselves of the palms’ [? Overwriting makes the script quite indistinct]
Further inscriptions:
Artist:
Medium: Watercolour
Size:
Note:
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
Natural History Drawings - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003277146
040-003277185 - Is part of:
- NHD38 : Mackenzie Collection --------------------- NHD38 Fifty drawings in watercolour, pencil and pen-and-ink (6 unfinished) depicting plants from…
NHD38/f.43 : Fishtail Palm - Hierarchy:
- 032-003277146[0039]/040-003277185
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: NHD38
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- South India/Madras style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1804
- End Date:
- 1807
- Date Range:
- 1804-1807
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Plants