Dye

2003-41-25F

From: Indochina | Vietnam

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-41-25F
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Indochina | Vietnam
Locus Cochinchina
Section Asian
Materials Dye
Description

A sample of wood from the chempedak tree used for dyeing. There is a paper label attached which has handwriting in Khmer script which likley identifies the type of wood and it's use. There is a tag which has the number 6823. This corresponds to a publication that has the following entry: "Artocarpus integrifolia L. f. Moraceae. - Coch., 6823, bois de Cay-mit, Jaquier."

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1994.X.13365f - Other Number | 6823 - Other Number

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