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1938.16.89

Sandarous: ?acacia gum

1938.16.89

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sandarous: ?acacia gum
Geographical reference
Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Aurès Mountains El Kantara
Cultural groups
Chaouia Berber
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
1913 - 1938
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Resin Plant, Material Plant Sap
Dimensions
Length: max 142 mm tube
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.16.89
Research and responses

Acacia gum is gum produced by the Acacia species, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the world. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online]. [CF 3/3/2000]

Related Documents File - See RDF for labels written by Hilton-Simpson for various objects in this collection. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/12/2004]

Search terms: Medicine, Specimen, Plant

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