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Divining outfit: pieces of skull of scale-tailed squirrel
Divining outfit: pieces of skull of scale-tailed squirrel
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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