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Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.4357
Display Title Tank for fuel made from coconut oil
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "History / 38-n 17 Gas tank. Gas is made from coconut oil by heat / Bureau of Laboratories / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Culture
  • Philippine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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