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Object Number 22-2-50/B3116
Display Title Divining outfit: make medicine for pregnancy pains "bobut"
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: make medicine for pregnancy pains "bobut"
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, notched, serrated, circular perforations
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 1.8 x 0.1 cm (1 1/2 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3116; 2

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