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Object Number 22-2-50/B3109
Display Title Divining outfit: upper jaw (bill) of the grey gaboon parrot
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: upper jaw (bill) of the grey gaboon parrot
Inventory Description Bird beak, upper half of a bird's beak, spalling, part of divining outfit
Classification
  • Beak
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 3.9 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm (1 9/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B / 3109

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