Picture Details
Sandalwood
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC46662Origin:
Karnataka, IndiaDonor / Date:
Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1983Description:
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This wood was collected in Mysore when it was its own state in west India, this area is now the state of Karnataka. Before being in the collection at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, it was in the collection of the India Museum in London. The museum was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. The Museum was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed among the London Museums and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
