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2002.9.3

Edible ant. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/5/2005]

2002.9.3

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Collection type: Object
Description: Edible ant. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/5/2005]
Long description: Four specimens of an edible ant, found unentered in the 60 Banbury Road display 'Quest for Animal Protein' when this was dismantled. The label gives no information as to donor or date of donation etc., but does state that they were purchased from a delicatessen in Oxford. [MdeA 24/1/2002]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; [England Oxfordshire Oxford]
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Unknown Source
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: Purchased from a delicatessen in Oxford circa 1985.
Acquisition information: Found unentered: 24/01/2002
Materials and processes: Material Insect
Dimensions: Length: max 22 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2002.9.3

Search terms: Food and Drink, Specimen, Food