Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Ecofact |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.686.008 |
Other Name |
Butterfly and Moth collection |
Date |
17 Oct 1936 |
Description |
A collection of 15 butterflies in a wood frame. Two large butterflies, one is blue and the other a white and brown swallowtail butterfly with a small brown, white, and orange butterfly are in a row in the centre and the others are in a scattered arrangement. They were caught and collected by international driller John and his wife, Vola Braybrook while on contract in El Centro, Colombia in 1936. The plain wood frame has a lower mitred wood trim on the inside. |
Provenance |
Collected by International Driller, John Braybrook and his wife Vola while under contract in El Centro, Colombia. |
Dimensions |
H-4 W-28.2 L-43.1 cm |
Search Terms |
International Drillers Foreign Drillers Memento Butterflies Colombia South America |
People |
Braybrook, John Braybrook, Vola |