Bibliography Record
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Hunt, Archibald E.
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1899 |
Ethnographical notes on the Murray Islands, Torres Straits.
Jour. Anthrop. Inst. Great Britain & Ireland 28: 5-19. Read Feb. 22, 1898.
–Pp. 12-13: {"The vegetable food of the island [Mer] included cocoanuts, yams (several varieties), sweet potatoes, bananas, sugar cane, and several indigenous fruits. Pigs, birds, [13] fish, dugong, shell-fish, turtle, crustacea, &c., are also eaten."}
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Related Index Records (3)
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Australia
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1899 |
Hunt, A.E. (DD; Torres Strait; used as food; m13.) |
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Dugong dugon (Müller, 1776) Palmer, 1895
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1899 |
Hunt, A.E. (Torres Strait; used as food; m13.) |
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Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
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1899 |
Hunt, A.E. (DD; Torres Strait; meat; m13.) |
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