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Object Number
22-2-50/B3106
Display Title
Divining outfit: pieces of skull of scale-tailed squirrel
Descriptions
Object Description
Divining outfit: pieces of skull of scale-tailed squirrel
Inventory Description
Skull, partial, jaws and teeth of small mammal, part of divining outfit
Classification
- Faunal
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Bone, Tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 5.2 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
B-3106
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 22-2-50/B3105 | Divining outfit: one-half lower jaw of civet cat |
Faunal
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3227 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ite kul" = piece of tortoise shell |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3104 | Divining outfit: carved pieces of bark |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2248 | Die, scale-tailed squirrel |
Raw Material
Game |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2241.1 | Wooden spoons, scale-tailed squirrel |
Spoon
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2241.2 | Wooden spoons, scale-tailed squirrel |
Raw Material
Spoon |
Cameroon
| |
| 20-29-50/B2241.3 | Wooden spoons, scale-tailed squirrel |
Raw Material
Spoon |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3345 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3366 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3379 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3123 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3301 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "makanda"=the parting of the paths (ways) |
Charm
|
Cameroon
|