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Object Number
35-31-50/1327
Display Title
Bottle of edible caterpillars (keket)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Catepillars, decomposing, packed in fluid in tightly sealed jar
Classification
- Insect
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Biospecimen, Animal fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 11.9 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm (4 11/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1 jar
Label on object
35-31-50/1326; 12
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