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Cowrie Shell, Uganda, Africa
Physical Description:
shell, cowry (overall material)
white (overall color)
gray (overall color)
orange/yellow (overall color)
natural (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 1.4 cm x 2.75 cm x 2.15 cm; 9/16 in x 1 3/32 in x 27/32 in
Object Name:
cowrie shell money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Cowry Shell Money; Africa; Uganda
Place used:
Africa
Uganda
Date made:
n.d.
Related Publication:
Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
Credit Line:
Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
1979.1263.00542
Catalog number:
1979.1263.00542
Accession number:
1979.1263
Collector/donor number:
OC150A
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Exhibition:
The Value of Money
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2dc7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1066384
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, steel alloy (overall material)
silver (overall color)
black (overall color)
shaped by hand (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 47 mm; x 1 7/8 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13E
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13E
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4f17-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067239
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, silver alloy (overall material)
silver/gray (overall color)
black (overall color)
rod: shaped and joined (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 71.7 mm; x 2 13/16 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13B
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13B
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West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-13b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067209
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, silver alloy (overall material)
black (overall color)
silver (overall color)
twisted and shaped by hand (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 62.25 mm; x 2 7/16 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13C
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13C
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West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1493-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067212
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, copper (overall material)
brown/gold (overall color)
gray/black (overall color)
brown (overall color)
flattened and shaped (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 37.6 mm; x 1 1/2 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13F
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13F
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West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2dd6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067241
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, brass alloy (overall material)
gold/brown (overall color)
black (overall color)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 28 mm; 1 3/32 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13G
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13G
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2dd7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067242
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, brass (overall material)
patination (overall material)
gold/brown (overall color)
green (overall color)
black (overall color)
shaped by hand (overall production method/technique)
metal, bronze (overall material)
metal, copper (overall material)
metal, silver (overall material)
Measurements:
average spatial: 69.4 mm; x 2 3/4 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Senegal, Benin, S. Africa
Associated place:
South Africa
Western African
Senegal
Benin
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13A
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13A
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b065-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067204
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Copper bar, French West Africa
Physical Description:
copper (overall material)
formed by hand (overall production method/technique)
green (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements:
overall: .635 cm x 17.78 cm; 1/4 in x 7 in
Object Name:
?
alternative currency
Other Terms:
?; Africa; French West Africa
Place used:
French West Africa
Associated place:
French West Africa
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
ID Number:
NU.77.38.008
Catalog number:
77.38.008
Accession number:
1977.1211
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-0a86-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_910784
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Ring money, West Africa
Physical Description:
metal, copper alloy (overall material)
black (overall color)
gold/brown (overall color)
green (overall color)
shaped and filed by hand (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 61.5 mm; x 2 7/16 in
Object Name:
Ring Money
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Ring Money; Africa; West Sengal, Benin, S. Africa
Place made:
Africa
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC13D
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC13D
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West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-124f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067225
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Trade Bead, West Africa
Physical Description:
mineral aggregate, porcelain ? (overall material)
glass (overall material)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
holed, painted, and fired (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 21.2 mm x 13.8 mm; 13/16 in x 9/16 in
Object Name:
Trade Bead
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Trade Bead; Africa; Western Africa
Place made:
Africa
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC197A
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC197A
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1c5c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1068963
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Studio Africa
Creator:
National Museum of African Art
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Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-09-27T19:07:30.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education
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Topic:
Art, African
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SmithsonianAfricanAr
Data Source:
National Museum of African Art
YouTube Channel:
SmithsonianAfricanAr
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_9ucGpP9q1B8
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Akan Gold Weight, West Africa
Associated Name:
Stack's
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Physical Description:
brass (overall material)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 5.28 cm x 1.73 cm x 1.66 cm; 2 3/32 in x 11/16 in x 21/32 in
Object Name:
Amulet
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Amulet?; Africa; West, Ashanti (Benin and Bamoun)
Place used:
Ghana
Associated place:
Ghana
Date made:
n.d.
Credit Line:
Benjamin Stack, Harvey G. Stack, and Norman Stack
ID Number:
NU.77.38.010
Catalog number:
77.38.010
Accession number:
1977.1211
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West African Currency
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-6e5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_910818
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Africa
Graphic artist:
Bowen, Emanuel
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Measurements:
overall: 21.8 cm x 28.5 cm; 8 19/32 in x 11 7/32 in
Object Name:
Print
Map
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1673
Subject:
Africa
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ID Number:
GA.11163.06
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-5080-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1326142
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Manilla, West Africa, 19th Century
Physical Description:
bronze (overall material)
gold/brown (overall color)
cast (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 6 cm x 6.1 cm x 1.7 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 13/32 in x 21/32 in
Object Name:
manilla
alternative currency
Other Terms:
Manilla; Africa; Gold Coast to Lower Niger
Place used:
Africa
Date made:
19th century
Related Publication:
Feingold, Ellen R.. Value of Money, The
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ID Number:
NU.79.112.OC19
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
79.112.OC19
Collector/donor number:
OC19
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West African Currency
Exhibition:
The Value of Money
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0e14-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1067116
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Africa
Print Maker:
Giovanni Volpato, Italian, 1740 - 1803
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After:
Jacopo Amigoni, 1682 - 1752
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Medium:
Etching and brush and watercolor on paper
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
France
Date:
1740–1803
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number:
1921-22-383
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b25b3bb2-33cd-4d87-ae3b-26ecad1e325e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-22-383
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Africa
Artist:
Isaac Witkin, American, b. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1936–2006
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Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
79 3/4 x 169 1/2 x 137 1/2 in. (202.5 x 431.7 x 349.3 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Date:
(1976-1977)
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Museum Purchase, 1978
Accession Number:
78.125
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Data Source:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py20416e420-5925-470f-8828-3fe6451ee48a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:hmsg_78.125
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Africa
Medium:
Etching on paper, mounted
Dimensions:
44.3 × 61.4 cm (17 7/16 × 24 3/16 in.)
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
France
Date:
1740–1770
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number:
1921-22-299
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4587b5a74-241e-4720-95bf-9ee82488b2c4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1921-22-299
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Africa
Maker:
Matthews-Northrup Works
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Measurements:
overall: 53.5 cm x 41.9 cm; 21 1/16 in x 16 1/2 in
Object Name:
print
map
Object Type:
Wax Engraving
Place made:
United States: New York, Buffalo
Date made:
ca 1880
ID Number:
GA.05730
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5c20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1801096
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Africa
Publisher:
Boydell, John
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Engraver:
Browne, John
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Delineator:
Farington, Joseph
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Artist attribution:
Bril, Paul
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Measurements:
overall: 31.9 cm x 40.9 cm; 12 9/16 in x 16 3/32 in
plate: 28.9 cm x 37.8 cm; 11 3/8 in x 14 7/8 in
Object Name:
print
line engraving
Object Type:
Engraving
Place made:
United Kingdom: England, London
Date made:
1775
Subject:
Landscape
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Credit Line:
Marsh Collection
ID Number:
1978.0534.02.42
Accession number:
1978.0534
Catalog number:
1978.0534.02.42
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f41c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1452672
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Africa
Publisher:
Martin Engelbrecht, German, 1684–1756
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Print Maker:
C.F. Lottes, 1701 - 1740
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Medium:
Engraving on paper
Dimensions:
30.2 × 20.3 cm (11 7/8 in. × 8 in.)
Object Name:
Print
Type:
Print
Made in:
Germany
Augsburg, Germany
Date:
1717
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
Accession Number:
1947-43-4
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e09b9f89-9e84-4791-bd59-1191f6373520
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1947-43-4
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Dogon (African people)
(3,210)
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Limba (African people)
(2,921)
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Africans
(2,865)
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African Americans
(2,132)
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Hausa (African people)
(2,102)
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Bambara (African people)
(1,949)
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Muslims
(1,846)
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Igbo (African people)
(1,729)
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(2,132)
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(2,865)
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(1,949)
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Dogon (African people)
(3,210)
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Egyptians
(3,942)
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(2,102)
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(1,729)
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Kuba (African people)
(1,717)
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(2,921)
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(1,846)
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language
Frequency
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English language
(82,361)
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French language
(16,610)
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(4,136)
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Portuguese language
(1,484)
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Italian language
(1,177)
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(723)
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Dutch language
(718)
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Afrikaans language
(389)
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(354)
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(293)
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(389)
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(354)
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Dutch language
(718)
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(243)
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(82,361)
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(16,610)
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(4,136)
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Italian language
(1,177)
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(1,484)
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(723)
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place
Frequency
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Africa
(466,445)
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South Africa
(100,057)
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Nigeria
(51,799)
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Kenya
(46,156)
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France
(45,047)
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Egypt
(38,593)
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Madagascar
(32,517)
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Indian Ocean
(26,264)
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Congo (Democratic Republic)
(22,810)
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Ghana
(21,427)
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Africa
(466,445)
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Congo (Democratic Republic)
(22,810)
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Egypt
(38,593)
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France
(45,047)
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(21,427)
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(26,264)
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Kenya
(46,156)
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Madagascar
(32,517)
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(51,799)
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(100,057)
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date
By Range
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(21,298)
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0-00s
(31)
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1000s
(327)
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100s
(593)
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1100s
(328)
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(367)
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(407)
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(600)
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(657)
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(375)
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catalog record source
Frequency
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NMNH - Botany Dept.
(164,633)
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Smithsonian Libraries
(110,484)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
(105,445)
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
(104,209)
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NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
(61,329)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division
(47,792)
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
(39,908)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
(26,442)
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NMNH - Entomology Dept.
(25,486)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division
(22,846)
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
(39,908)
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
(104,209)
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NMNH - Botany Dept.
(164,633)
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NMNH - Entomology Dept.
(25,486)
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NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.
(61,329)
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NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept.
(21,136)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Birds Division
(47,792)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Fishes Division
(26,442)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Herpetology Division
(22,846)
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NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
(105,445)
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science categories
common name
Frequency
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Gastropods
(19,450)
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Bivalves
(5,875)
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Land Snail
(4,638)
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True Crabs
(3,591)
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Copepods
(2,903)
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Nematodes
(2,851)
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Corals
(2,390)
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Shrimp
(1,576)
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Polychaetes
(1,371)
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Mussel Shrimp
(1,269)
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Bivalves
(5,875)
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Copepods
(2,903)
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Corals
(2,390)
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Gastropods
(19,450)
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Land Snail
(4,638)
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Mussel Shrimp
(1,269)
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Nematodes
(2,851)
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Polychaetes
(1,371)
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Shrimp
(1,576)
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Togo
(1,144)
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tax_kingdom
Frequency
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Animalia
(298,836)
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Plantae
(152,222)
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Fungi
(10,255)
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Protoctista
(1,119)
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Rhizaria
(1,119)
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Chromista
(1,015)
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Eubacteria
(711)
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(251)
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(168)
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(9)
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(298,836)
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Bacteria
(9)
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(1,015)
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Eubacteria
(711)
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Fungi
(10,255)
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Plantae
(152,222)
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Protista
(251)
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(1,119)
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(168)
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Chordata
(208,752)
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(40,303)
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(32,729)
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Ascomycota
(10,239)
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(3,843)
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Cnidaria
(3,659)
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(2,848)
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(2,398)
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Annelida
(2,026)
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Annelida
(2,026)
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(40,303)
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(10,239)
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Bryophyta
(1,725)
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(208,752)
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Cnidaria
(3,659)
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Echinodermata
(3,843)
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(32,729)
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Nematoda
(2,848)
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(1,969)
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tax_class
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Mammalia
(108,831)
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Dicotyledonae
(93,156)
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Aves
(48,899)
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Monocotyledonae
(42,663)
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Actinopterygii
(25,805)
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Insecta
(25,169)
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Gastropoda
(24,971)
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Reptilia
(12,709)
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Amphibia
(10,501)
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(9,956)
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(25,805)
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Amphibia
(10,501)
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(48,899)
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(93,156)
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(24,971)
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(25,169)
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(9,956)
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(9,173)
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Rodentia
(69,403)
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Passeriformes
(33,543)
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Poales
(32,169)
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Chiroptera
(21,284)
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Perciformes
(15,306)
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Asterales
(13,913)
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Fabales
(13,740)
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Squamata
(11,428)
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Anura
(10,101)
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(9,169)
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Anura
(10,101)
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Asterales
(13,913)
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(21,284)
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(13,740)
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Gentianales
(8,714)
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(9,169)
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(33,543)
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(32,169)
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tax_family
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Muridae
(59,191)
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Poaceae
(27,432)
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Asteraceae
(13,144)
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(13,099)
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Parmeliaceae
(8,871)
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(5,108)
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(5,065)
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(4,843)
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(4,822)
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(4,769)
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(4,303)
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Asteraceae
(13,144)
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(4,822)
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(13,099)
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(4,769)
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(59,191)
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(8,871)
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(5,065)
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(27,432)
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Epidendroideae
(113)
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(5)
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(2)
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(1)
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scientific name
Frequency
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Mastomys sp.
(8,872)
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Gerbillus sp.
(5,205)
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Tatera sp.
(4,690)
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Gerbilliscus sp.
(4,689)
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Indet. sp.
(2,892)
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Micaelamys namaquensis
(2,236)
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Aethomys namaquensis
(2,235)
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Mastomys natalensis
(2,188)
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Rhabdomys pumilio
(2,081)
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Taterillus gracilis
(2,022)
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Aethomys namaquensis
(2,235)
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Arvicanthis niloticus
(1,701)
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Gerbilliscus sp.
(4,689)
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Gerbillus sp.
(5,205)
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Indet. sp.
(2,892)
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Mastomys natalensis
(2,188)
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Mastomys sp.
(8,872)
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Micaelamys namaquensis
(2,236)
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(2,081)
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geo_age-era
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Cenozoic
(3,396)
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Mesozoic
(2,342)
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Paleozoic
(1,096)
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(3)
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(2)
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(2)
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(1)
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(1)
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Archaean
(3)
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Cenozoic
(3,396)
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(2,342)
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Miocene
(1)
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(2)
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(1,096)
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Pleistocene
(1)
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Precambrian
(2)
geo_age-system
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Cretaceous
(1,616)
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(1,082)
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(922)
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Permian
(810)
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(711)
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Jurassic
(461)
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(264)
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(115)
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Cambrian
(24)
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Devonian
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(402)
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geo_age-series
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Upper/Late
(1,985)
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Paleocene
(475)
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Eocene
(446)
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Lower/early
(387)
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(346)
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Lower/Early
(322)
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Miocene
(262)
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Oligocene
(134)
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Pliocene
(117)
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(20)
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Eocene
(446)
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Holocene
(12)
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(322)
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(387)
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(346)
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(20)
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(262)
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(475)
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Cenomanian
(378)
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(205)
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(196)
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(154)
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(136)
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(135)
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Lutetian
(124)
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Turonian
(115)
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(102)
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(205)
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(154)
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Campanian
(88)
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Cenomanian
(378)
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(136)
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(135)
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(102)
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strat_group
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Beaufort Group
(421)
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Rooiberg Felsite
(257)
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(123)
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Central Inlier Group
(73)
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Bultfontein Kimberlite
(64)
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Kaalvallei Kimberlite
(63)
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Kao Kimberlite, Near
(23)
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Old Robinson Mine Kimberlite
(19)
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Droujba Kimberlite
(16)
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Newlands Kimberlite
(16)
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(421)
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Beaufort Series
(123)
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Bultfontein Kimberlite
(64)
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(73)
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Droujba Kimberlite
(16)
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Kaalvallei Kimberlite
(63)
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Kao Kimberlite, Near
(23)
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Newlands Kimberlite
(16)
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Old Robinson Mine Kimberlite
(19)
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Red Sandstone Group
(16)
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strat_formation
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(328)
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Ewekoro Fm
(300)
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Unknown
(94)
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(93)
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(90)
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Pipe 200 Kimberlite
(76)
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Guinea Corn Fm
(75)
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Kimberley Elsburg quartzite
(41)
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Atrun Ls
(35)
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Zohar Fm
(32)
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Atrun Ls
(35)
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(328)
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(93)
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Ewekoro Fm
(300)
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Guinea Corn Fm
(75)
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Hilal Sh
(29)
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Kimberley Elsburg quartzite
(41)
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Pipe 200 Kimberlite
(76)
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Transition Zone
(90)
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Unknown
(94)
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strat_member
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Pyroxenite Series - H Unit
(62)
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Anorthosite Series - M Unit
(47)
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Pyroxenite Series - F Unit
(33)
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Anorthosite Series - X Unit
(31)
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Pyroxenite Series - J Unit
(30)
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Anorthosite Series - L Unit (Top)
(22)
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Pyroxenite Series - L Unit
(19)
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Angola Sh Mbr
(18)
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(18)
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Pyroxenite Series - E Unit
(17)
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Angola Sh Mbr
(18)
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Anorthosite Series (Lower)
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