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Object Number 22-2-50/B3039
Display Title Divining objects, hawk's feet
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hawk's? feet and talons
Classification
  • Faunal
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Hawk claw
Dimensions Overall: 7.8 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3039

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