Mr. Harris holding a "crab dog" by its tail (4291093864)

Description:

Mr. Harris, the factotum for the expedition to British Guiana, holding a crab dog by its tail. 1922. The crab dog is also known as Crab-eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus).
Name of Expedition: Stanley Field Expedition to British Guiana
Participants: Bror E. Dahlgren and John R. Millar
Expedition Date: 1922
Purpose or Aims: Botany. Securing botanical exhibition material and studies for the plant reproductions in Department of Botany. 235 plaster molds, 427 economic specimens, 52 branches will serve as basis for plant reconstruction or reproductions of Cannonball tree, Clusia, Mucro, Cashew, Dillenia, Lagerstraemia, Willow Fig, Courida, Chocolate tree
Location: Georgetown [confirm], Guyana, South America
Digital Identifier: CSB43496
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