Bag and container of seeds from GT Goldie

Bag of seeds from GT Goldie, South Africa, via A.Smith to prof Fraser, 1894

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A603756
Materials:
linen and seed
Measurements:
bag: length 540 mm
type:
bags

Parts

linen bag from G.T Goldie, South Africa, 1894

linen bag from G.T Goldie, South Africa, 1894

beige linen sack, stained and dirty, with a deteriorated paper label affixed to the front. Handwritten on the front in brown ink is 'Parcel Post. Andrew Smith, Katberg / To Professor Fraser of the Materia Medica Chair, Edinr. University, 13 Drumsheugh Gardens / Edinburgh, / Scotland.'

Measurements:
bag: 540 mm
Materials:
linen (textile)
Object Number:
A603756/1
type:
sack
container full of seeds (Strophanthus hispidus)

container full of seeds (Strophanthus hispidus)

container full of long slender seeds, identified as Strophanthus hispidus

Materials:
seed
Object Number:
A603756/2
type:
seed