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Object Number
39-32-50/3412
Display Title
Phial containing ants (paltothyreus tarsatus fabr.) cult object
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ants, stored in stoppered brown glass vial
Classification
- Insect
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa; Sakbayeme; Edea
Materials
Insect
Dimensions
Overall: 7.7 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm (3 1/16 x 1 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1 vial
Label on object
39-32-50/3412
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