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The naturalist on the river Amazons : a record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel
Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892)
1884
Includes index.
Bahia fibre sample
mid 20th Century
Sample of bahia fibre, a plant fibre used for making coarse brush bristles and cabling. The fibre was used for brushmaking in Europe from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, subsequently p...
Para piassava fibre sample
mid 20th Century
A sample of para piassava fibre, a plant fibre made from the petiole (leaf stem) of the piassava palm (Leopoldina piassaba). The fibre has been used as brush bristles, and for baskets, ropes and hats...