Bark

Museum number:
9-12128
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Accession number:
Acc.2967
Description:
Incha bark (saponaceous bark); length 18 cm. Used by people of Kerala State for washing the body, especially after an "oil-bath.
Donor:
M. B. Ichaporia and Mrs. M. B. Ichaporia
Collection place:
Kerala State, India
Verbatim coll. place:
South India, Kerala State
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection date:
August 15, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
1972
Context of use:
Used by people of Kerala State for washing the body, especially after an "oil-bath.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bark, accession number 9-12128, described as Incha bark (saponaceous bark); length 18 cm. Used by people of Kerala State for washing the body, especially after an "oil-bath.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bark, accession number 9-12128, described as Incha bark (saponaceous bark); length 18 cm. Used by people of Kerala State for washing the body, especially after an "oil-bath.

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