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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3106 | Divining outfit: pieces of skull of scale-tailed squirrel |
Faunal
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3296 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3102 | Divining outfit: breast bone of the guinea fowl, guttera plumifbra |
Bone
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3103 | Divining outfit: leopard's leg bone |
Bone
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3108 | Divining outfit: "thorn" spine of fish, synodontis pardalis (probably) |
Bone
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3375 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3104 | Divining outfit: carved pieces of bark |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3110 | Divining outfit: piece of bark |
Bark
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3200 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3045.2 | Porcupine quill, tip fragment, part of divining outfit |
Quill
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3045.1 | Stone with white metallic pigment; part of divining outfit |
Stone
|
Cameroon
|