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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
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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