Cricket Cage - Specimen details

Cricket Cage - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 54695

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Plant Name 75.00 CUCURBITACEAE Lagenaria siceraria Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Cricket Cage Vernacular Name
Iso Country Not defined TDWG Region Not defined
Parts Held Cricket Cage Geography Description
Uses Cricket CageUse: MATERIALS User: Man TDWG use MATERIALS
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Donor Lockhart Dr Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1878 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Grown in a mould, in imitation of Chinese copper money. The crickets carried in such cages are put in a conical shaped bowl. In climbing the sides they fall and striking each other, fight vigorously.

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