Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Ecofact |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.711 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.711.001 |
Other Name |
Tarantula |
Date |
1936 |
Description |
Known as the "Lesser Black Bird-Eating Spider". Tarantula caught in the tropical Oil fields of or near El Centro, Columbia, South America in 1936. The spider has 8 long legs with two short ones which are used to inject its venom. The spider is mounted on a match box with a pin through its abdomen inside an octagonal shadow box made of wood and fronted with glass. |
Provenance |
From the collection of John Braybrook, International Driller in Colombia from 1930 to 1943. |
Dimensions |
H-7.6 W-22.4 L-26.9 cm |
Search Terms |
Animal International Drillers South America Spider Memento |
People |
Braybrook, John |
On Display Starting |
2025-11-17 |