Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
August 23, 1809
Primary Source Reference:
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 23 Aug 1809
Notes:
Copal is tree resin in an intermediate stage of polymerization and hardening between "gummier" resins and amber. Pictured here is copal from Madagascar with spiders, termites, ants, elateridae, hymenoptera, cockroach and a flower.
Philadelphia directories list a David Bartling, carpenter.
