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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
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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