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Divining object, crab's "shear"
Divining object, crab's "shear"
Object Number 22-2-50/B3051
Display Title Divining object, crab's "shear"
Descriptions
Object Description Divining object, crab's "shear"
Inventory Description Claw, fragment of crab claw, abraded, part of divining outfit
Classification
  • Claw
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Crab claw
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm (2 1/4 x 9/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22-2-50/B-3051

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