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Ref NoDF/ZOO/238/5/174
Alt Ref NoDF238/5/174
TitleSF174 Tyson's pygmy
DescriptionCorrespondence relating to the provenance, acquisition, display and storage of 'Tyson's pygmy' chimpanzee skeleton. Includes photocopy of 'The history of the skeleton of Tyson's "Pygmie" from Tyson's death in 1708 to the present time', (Appendix C of 'Edward Tyson, MD, FRS (1650-1708)' by M. F. Ashely Montagu), Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 20 (1943), pp1-488.
Date1940-1950
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent1 file
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