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Object Number 22-2-50/B3137
Display Title Divining outit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outit: scale of pangolin; make and then tie your charms to +
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, rectangular notch -one end, serated -other end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.6 x 2 x 0.2 cm (1 7/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3137; 6

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