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Object Number 22-2-50/B3108
Display Title Divining outfit: "thorn" spine of fish, synodontis pardalis (probably)
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: "thorn" spine of fish, synodontis pardalis (probably)
Inventory Description Spine, barbed spine, grooved, reddish, part of divining outfit
Classification
  • Bone
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Animal bone
Dimensions Overall: 5.1 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm (2 x 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3108

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