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Commodity illustration: Gums

Category:Wares and supplies

Gums from Madagascar

Standard price
30 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
10 pieces of eight
Scarcity
50 pieces of eight

Export regions

Gums are substances that ooze from trees and harden into tears or lumps. The cargo may contain translucent white, yellow or amber pieces with bits of bark still attached.

Craftsmen use certain gums dissolved in water as binders and adhesives; apothecaries also buy them. Gum arabic and Senegal gum are familiar examples of this trade. Gatherers collect and sort the hardened material. It can resemble resin, but the way a gum behaves in water often matters more to its buyer than any fragrance.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 529.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.