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Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms? |
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Medway, Lord |
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1959 |
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Sarawak Museum Journal |
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8 |
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637-638, fig. 1 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Niah cave excavations 1954-58. Metapodials of rhinoceros in W/E1, 24-36 inches, and X/W1, 48-60 inches, prove that this animal was eaten at least twice in the cave mouth. The bone pillow of an early burial, figured and discussed by Harrison (1957: 164) has been confirmed as the radius of rhinoc... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| 1959, Borneo, The 'dragon' teeth identified by Professor von Koenigswald (above) from Chinese pharmacies in Sarawak are quite expensive medicine. In Kuching they are sold by weight at $2.50 a tahil (4s. 4 ? d. an ounce); by comparison dried frogs and centipedes cost 5 cents each, and sea horses ... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Taxonomy - Evolution
Sumatran Rhino
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| The ?dragon' teeth identified by Professor von Koenigswald (above) from Chinese pharmacies in Sarawak are quite expensive medicine. In Kuching they are sold by weight at $2.50 a tahil (4s. 4 ? d. an ounce); by comparison dried frogs and centipedes cost 5 cents each, and sea horses 50 cents, but ... |
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Rhinoceros' and pigs' teeth as Niah charms?
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