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Object Number 22-2-50/B3042
Display Title Divining object, fresh water "clam" shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shells
Classification
  • Shell
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 3.2 x 1 cm (2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object B3042

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