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Pitre
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- Source of title proper: Title from inscription on verso.
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CA RBD 4-61
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3 September 1783 (Creation)
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1 illustration : pencil on paper with watercolour and gouache ; 32.4 x 42.4 cm
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(1717-1785)
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Illustration of Agave (Furcraea tuberosa? hexapetala?); in French, Agave; in Haitian Creole, Pite. Place of creation: au Cap [Cap-Haïtien]. Specimen origin: Les Cayes/ Cap [Cap-Haïtien]?
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General note
Inscription (transcribed from recto): no. 61.
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Inscription (from recto; translation): no. 61.
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Inscription (transcribed from verso): No. 61. le pittre au ¼ de grand nat., on macére les feuilles puis on les fait Roüir pour tirer les fils avec les quels on fait des eperlins des licols et autre aux cayes au Cap le 3. 7bre 1783. Rabié. / no. 61. / une tige de Pitre, au quart de grandeur naturelle 1783. on macere les feuilles, on les fait rouir, les fils servent à faire de la ficelle, des cordes &c.
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Inscription (from verso; translation): No. 61. The sisal at ¼ natural size. The leaves are softened then retted so as to pull out the fibres which are used to make lasoos, halters, and other things at Les Cayes. At Cap-Haïtien, 3 September 1783. Rabié. / no. 61. / A stem of sisal, at ¼ nature size, 1783. The leaves are softened and retted; the fibres are used to make string, rope, etc.
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61
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61