Port & River — 1900-1935
Sample, logwood sample block
Sample of Jamaican Logwood imported through the London docks. Sometimes known as Campeachy wood, the heartwood of the tree was used to make purple, red or black dye.
- Category:
- Port & River
- Object ID:
- DK88.116/560
- Object name:
- sample, logwood sample block
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1900-1935
- Material:
wood
- Measurements/duration:
- H 42 mm, L 85 mm, D 37 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- London Museum Docklands: Warehouse of the World Gallery
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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