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Bottle containing larvae of the beetle - a great delicacy
Bottle containing larvae of the beetle - a great delicacy
Object Number 35-31-50/1326
Display Title Bottle containing larvae of the beetle - a great delicacy
Descriptions
Inventory Description Larvae, brown heads and swollen white bodies, packed in fluid in jar
Classification
  • Insect
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Biospecimen, Insect larva
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 6.5 x 6.4 cm (4 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1 jar
Label on object 35-31-50/1326; 17

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