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Object Number
04-45-50/64222
Display Title
Grasshoppers for food
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Grasshoppers, dessicated, brown contained in cork stoppered vial
Classification
- Insect
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Umbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
Benquilla, 300 mi east of
Materials
Insect, Cork, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 11.9 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm (4 11/16 x 2 x 2 in.)
Quantity
1 vial
Label on object
04-45-50/64222
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