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A photograph of ochna, which are low shrubs with silver leaves, red sepals and receptables, and black carpels.

Ochra, cucumber, ochra, cucumber (brown skin), a fruit somewhat like tamarindus fruit. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 31, 1920]

A video of Naomi Ortiz reading part of "Ode to Plastic Cups" from Rituals For Climate Change: A Crip Struggle for Ecojustice.

A photograph of the office of the Director of Agriculture taken from the roadway. The trees are cupressus macrocarpa as well as phytolacca around the building. There are wind instruments on the tower of the building.

Leather sword belt of Daniel J. Condon, Cdr USN Ret. The belt was brought up by divers. It is a black, cowhide belt with a brass, circular buckle, phlange for sword and hanging strap. The phlange is attached on the left inside by a black leather…

The USS Arizona at sea. A photograph of the Battleship Arizona taken in 1935, which was an official Navy photo.

Presentation of USS Arizona bell by Rear Admiral Milton E. Mills to Dr. Alfred Atkinson, President of University of Arizona.

A photograph of two indigenous men carrying a large stick with moboline oil cans attached to it. The oil cans are being used here to export palm oil or butter.

A photograph of the palm oil market with many indigenous people standing and sitting in the area.

A photograph of elaeis guineensis, also known as oil palm kernels, placed in a shallow basket.

An up-close photograph showing the detail of an oil palm cluster. The cluster does not push out far beyond the leaf bases and forms a very dense cluster.

A photograph of oil palm trees and date palm trees next to the Boma Belgian headquarters. There are two people standing facing the trees.

A photograph of oil palm has a gourd on it for collecting wine. There is also date palm, soursop, and sansevieria.

An up-close photograph of two rows of oil nuts.

The oil (palm) market. Shawl put up to keep off the sun - and palm sold as a solid - a deep orange yellow color and scraped up in little piles. 2 heller per pile (44 heller per franc). [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]

A lone oil palm at left, many in distance - bank of river at an S curve, great grass flat between. Oil palm = previous inhabitants. [Shantz travel journal, Jan. 17, 1920]

A photograph of houses made of papyrus and oil palms with large oil palm trees around the area. There is also a group of indigenous people standing outside between the houses.

A photograph of a small oil palm with six large fruits on it. They are dark, almost purple when ripe and the trees are reddish when ripe.

A photograph of oil palms on the river bank. This is the site of an old deserted indigenous village wiped out by "sleeping sickness".