Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, 1984

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Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, 1984
Five prop beetles of brown moulded rubber, each -- 5in. (12.7cm.) long [lacking detachable bases]; and two glass eyes, both set in bloody sockets -- all made for the banquet scene in Pankot Palace in the 1984 Lucasfilm production Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom; accompanied by an illustrated souvenir book Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, 1984; and a document concerning the provenance (9)

Provenance

Ex-lot 159 (part), Film and Entertainment, Christie's South Kensington, 21st December, 1994

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Lot Essay

During the banquet scene, Willie [Kate Capshaw] finds herself unable to face the delicacies on offer, including "Snake Surprise" [see lot 188], and fried beetles, identical to those included in this lot, and so asks if there is anything...simple, like soup? - she is presented with a steaming bowl, which has several eyeballs, identical to those included in this lot, bobbing around in the liquid.

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