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Object Number 22-2-50/B3140
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "lalaki kaga" = sleep on bed made of raffish palm frond "poles"
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 2 vegetable fiber stems wrapped w/ wire, 9 perf'ns
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm (1 9/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3140; 2

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