Janus: Christy collection of photographs on Africa

RCS/Y304A contains:
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110	The spiral system with the 'Funtumia knife'
111	Vertical tapping method, Victoria, Cameroon Mountain
112	Abnormal root development, Victoria, Cameroon Mountain
113	Experimental tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]
114	High tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]
115	Best methods of tapping
116	Best methods of tapping
117	Best methods of tapping
118	Best methods of tapping
119	Two-and-a-half year old Funtumias, Engleberg, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]
120	High-tapping, Molive, Victoria, Cameroons [i.e. Cameroon]
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Christy collection of photographs on Africa

Title	Best methods of tapping
Reference	Y304A/115
Creator	Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

74 x 93 mm. A view showing a tree tapped on five consecutive days using the DHS system (the Double Half Spiral) and the 'Funtumia knife'. The second tapping is 1½ inches above and to the right of the first.

Further information

This appears as Figure 113 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1911). The African rubber industry and Funtumia elastica ('kickxia'), London: J. Bale, Sons and Danielsson, facing p.227.

For other photographs of the DHS system of tapping see Y304A/107 and 116-118.

Indexed

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Africa

Christy, Cuthbert (1863-1932) explorer and zoologist

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