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Fruit bats (flying foxes)
Object Number 12-61-70/10861.1.4684
Display Title Fruit bats (flying foxes)
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Mammals / 33-a 3 Fruit bats (flying foxes) / Mammals of the Philippine Islands. / Gift of / W. C. Forbes, 1912"
Department Photographic
Date 1898-1912
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Philippines
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 15.24 cm (4 x 6 in.)
Provenance
Donor William Cameron Forbes

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