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Giraffe

Cameroonian Artist

Insect Museum of West China

Insect Museum of West China
Chengdu, China

After the capture of butterflies, the butterfly hunter will flatten the butterfly's abdomen, kill the butterfly and then dismember it by removing the head and torso, and keeping only the wings as a material for butterfly wings paintings. The brush-footed butterfly used for the giraffe's body is a local dominant creature and therefore appears in most of the butterfly wings paintings.

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  • Title: Giraffe
  • Creator: Cameroonian Artist
  • Type: Butterfly Wings Painting
  • Original Source: Acquired from a friend's gift on July 10, 1988
  • Rights: Collection of the Insect Museum of West China
  • Medium: Collage of butterfly wings
Insect Museum of West China

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