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Beetles
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Object Number 30-71-70/L46
Display Title Beetles
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Nukahiva

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Pair of men's ear plumes, each with string of pendant beetles' wings +
35-25-30/1003 Pair of men's ear plumes, each with string of pendant beetles' wings +
Earring
Tucano?
Beetles ?
47-73-70/2917 Beetles ?
Insect
Nuku Hiva
Bottle containing beetles
35-31-50/1331 Bottle containing beetles
Insect
Cameroon
Necklace, wings of beetles
77-35-30/11631 Necklace, wings of beetles
Ornament
Raw Material
Brazil
Teeth, beetles, and shell charm
31-22-50/B5040 Teeth, beetles, and shell charm
Charm
Belgian Congo
Wooden bow with leather cord, the inside eaten by boring beetles. Wuta
49-14-50/8432 Wooden bow with leather cord, the inside eaten by boring beetles. Wuta
Bow
Nyasaland
[No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and an unidentified man digging for poisonous beetles (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30292 [No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and an unidentified man digging for poisonous beetles (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Dung beetles in trash pit
2001.29.9814 Dung beetles in trash pit
Mangetti Forest
Dung beetles in trash pit
2001.29.9815 Dung beetles in trash pit
Mangetti Forest
Dung beetles in trash pit
2001.29.9816 Dung beetles in trash pit
Mangetti Forest
Beetles burrowing in the ground
2001.29.9812 Beetles burrowing in the ground
Mangetti Forest
Charles and Rene Koch digging up beetles in the grass near an expedition truck
2001.29.4714 Charles and Rene Koch digging up beetles in the grass near an expedition truck
Kunene