Tree tapping
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
The "Burgess" Patent Rubber Tapping Knife, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2591
Scope and Contents
Illustration of a hand using the "Burgess" patent rubber tapping knife to carve a tree. The text notes that the knife was patented in England, the Straits, and Ceylon.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Woman Tapping a Rubber Tree [Malaysia?], 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2607
Scope and Contents
Photograph of a woman in traditional dress using a knife to cut into a tree to tap for rubber, which is caught in a cup at the base in a forest in [Malaysia?] in the early 20th century.
Dates:
1870s-1930s