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Divining outfit: breast bone of the guinea fowl, guttera plumifbra
Divining outfit: breast bone of the guinea fowl, guttera plumifbra
Object Number 22-2-50/B3102
Display Title Divining outfit: breast bone of the guinea fowl, guttera plumifbra
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: breast bone of the guinea fowl, guttera plumifbra
Inventory Description Bone, highly worn, part of divining outfit
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm (1 15/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22.2.50 / B-3102

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