[Flying foxes, a species of destuctive fruit bat, Hihifa village, Tongatabu Island, Tonga Islands]

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Object Details

Creator

Townsend, Charles Haskins

Scope and Contents

The meat of this small smelly mammal is eaten by Micronesians and Melanesians, who also use its fur for decorative purposes.

sova.naa.photolot.176_ref13356

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38cf59891-96c3-4158-879a-b87608ac26b8

Local Numbers

BAE GN.40210

Place

Western Polynesia

Creator

Townsend, Charles Haskins

Culture

Tonga

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Extent

1 Glass negative

Date

1900

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Photographs

Genre/Form

Photographs

NAA.PhotoLot.176_ref13356

Large EAD

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NAA.PhotoLot.176

NAA

Record ID

ebl-1628267668517-1628267671471-4

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