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Tapping in Uganda

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/107

Scope and Contents

72 x 99 mm. A view showing a Swahili on climbing slings using a Funtumia knife to score tapping lines in a rubber tree using the D.H.S. system (the Double Half Spiral) with alternate spiral lines running into a central vertical line which leads down to the collection cup.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Related Materials

For other photographs of the DHS system of tapping see Y304A/115-118.

Bibliography

This appears as Figure 98 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1911). The African rubber industry and Funtumia elastica ('kickxia'), London: J. Bale, Sons and Danielsson, facing p.199.

General

SG.

Originator(s)

Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932

Finding aid date

2004-01-13 16:18:01+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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