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Overzicht van Zuid-Sumatra |
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Kops, G.F. de Bruijn |
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1919 |
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Amsterdam, Zuid-Sumatra Instituut |
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pp. i-viii, 1-166 |
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Asia
Distribution - Poaching
Asian Rhino Species
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Rhinos can be killed in various ways:
1. They are often shot by guns.
2. To capture the animals in pits which have been made invisible and have sharpened pieces of bamboo (randjoe) in them, and to kill them afterwards.
3. Natives also use a spear (vallans), consisting of a very sharp pointed p... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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1919, Sumatra, for a large horn f 200 (guilders) can be fetched |
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Location:
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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Sumatra. The rhinoceros horn is an ingredient of medicine much sought after by eastern people, for instance for poisonous bites of snakes and scorpions) and in thin slices as an amulet. |
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