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Object Number 22-2-50/B3117
Display Title Divining outfit: scale of pangolin, make medicine
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin, make medicine to counteract tuberculosis or will attack you
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, notched/deeply serrated, traces of white pigment
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 1.8 x 0.1 cm (1 5/16 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3117; 3

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