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Object Number 22-2-50/B3134
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "muda dikeb mbuk" = woman with cicratrization marks on her back
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, tapered, rounded - one end, 7 cut-outs
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 3/4 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3134; 3

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