Rubber Samples
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‘Sernamby de Caugho’ and ‘Below Manaos’, Brazil,
pre-1926
Acc. Nos.56.26.570 and 56.25.737
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HL Gielgud of the Peruvian Amazon Company probably had these samples
collected to check the quality of rubber from different areas.
Once the company had selected an area for rubber tapping (collecting), the local
Native groups were made to collect rubber. Many died from overwork, starvation
and disease.
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