Piece of gourd

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Object Number 20-29-50/B2176

Display Title Piece of gourd

Descriptions

Inventory Description Charm, carved gourd, ovoid, perforated.

Classification

Raw Material
Charm

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Bene
Fang

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Gourd

Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.7 cm (3 7/16 x 2 7/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B2176

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
35-31-50/1261F	Small gourd	Raw Material Charm	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261H	Handle of gourd vessel	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261E	Double gourd	Raw Material Charm	Cameroon
35-31-50/1255G	Stem of gourd	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261B	Gourd with fragment of cord	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261A	Unopened gourd	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261D	Gourd with short leaf stopper	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
35-31-50/1261C	Gourd stopper with cord	Charm Raw Material	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3376	Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "nyol ban i sop" = do not drink from a gourd.	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3186	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "isongo mbak" small gourd tuberculosis	Charm	Cameroon
64-18-70/4433	Gourd studded with feathers, back piece	Ornament	New Guinea Indonesia
64-18-70/4435	Piece of gourd studded with jalmaik feathers. men's dance and battle +	Ornament	New Guinea Indonesia

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