Piper excelsum (Kawakawa)

Maker and Role
Artist: Emily Harris (b.1836?, d.1925)
Publisher: H.D. Jackson
 Description
Handcoloured lithograph on cream paper with card backing. The print is a botanical illustration of part of a shrub with fruit. One brown branching stem is depicted with opposite leaves on petioles. Stems are jointed and swollen at the point of leaf attachment. On some leaves the stipules are fused to the petiole forming narrow wings. The green leaf blades are heart shaped with palmate venation. The green fruit spikes are on short stems.

The print is titled "Piper excelsum. (Kawakawa)" and "A large bush often 20 feet high, leaves very aromatic berries yellow with black spots. North Island, and as far south as Canterbury"
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Object detail

Object Type
art print
Classification
Print/Graphic Documents/Documentary Objects/Communication Objects/Nomenclature
Media/Materials Description
Paper
Media and Materials
lithograph/Art
Measurements
Sheet = 308 h x 246 w
Measurements
Sheet = Height x Width (mm) = 308 x 246mm
Collection
Bett Loan Collection
Maker
Subject Category
Botanical
AC Number
AC1067
Credit Line
Emily Harris (circa 1837 - 1925). Piper excelsum (kawakawa) . Handcoloured lithograph on paper. Nelson Provincial Museum, Bett Loan Collection: AC1067

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