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Object Number 35-31-50/1331
Display Title Bottle containing beetles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beetles, black, in black liquid, stored in cork stoppered glass vial
Classification
  • Insect
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Beetle
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm (4 5/16 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1 vial
Label on object 35-31-50/1331

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