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Object Number
18-21-50/B2100
Display Title
Homo sapiens sapiens
Descriptions
Object Description
Ancestral cranial fetish; the last fetish a native will give up when accepting Christianity. Fragmentary cranial human remains of an adult of unknown sex.
Classification
- Ethnographic
Department
Osteological
Culture
- Fan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Isban Estuary; Angom, near town of
Materials
Bone
Label on object
18.21.501, B-2100
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