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Object Number
35-31-50/1328
Display Title
Bottle containing white ants (?) (sombo)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ants, congealed mass, dark color, partially liquified, in jar
Classification
- Insect
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Biospecimen, Ant
Dimensions
Overall: 11.8 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (4 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1 jar
Label on object
35-31-50/1328;
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