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Object Number 22-2-50/B3139
Display Title Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "giviha bi maliga" = tears of truth
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "giviha bi maliga" = tears of truth - 2 grooves = 2 streams of tears.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, V-notches at both ends
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3139; 8

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