Eggs of insects used for bread

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Object Number 79-14-20/17465

Display Title Eggs of insects used for bread

Descriptions

Object Description Sample, insect egg

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Mexico / Mexico / Texcoco / <City> / Texcoco

Additional Geographic Terms Tezcoco

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for Bread made from insect eggs	79-14-20/17464	Bread made from insect eggs		Texcoco
Image Not Available for Sample, insect	79-14-20/17466	Sample, insect		Texcoco
	48-1-60/9726	Insect basket - for keeping insects to feed to tame birds	Basket	China
	35-31-50/1254R	2 nests of praying mantis eggs	Faunal Raw Material	Cameroon
	61-22-10/39113	Bone carving - owl and nest with 4 stone eggs in nest	Sculpture	Repulse Bay
	61-22-10/39098	Ivory carving - geese over nest with eggs	Sculpture	Pelly Bay
	48-46-60/9740	Steel shield with incised designs of various insects	Shield	Japan?
	21-41-60/D1670	Egg basket in which 6 eggs are carried. made of split bamboo	Basket	Burma
	29-45-50/H432	Lumps and balls made by insects	Soil	Goulfei
Image Not Available for Insects	68-13-40/3379	Insects	Insect	Castione
	972-32-00/1.34	Woman with gold nose ring puts on achiote as rouge, sunscreen, and protection from insects		Aligandi
	05-46-30/65578	Eggs of the iguana prepared for food	Faunal	Colombia

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