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Object Number 22-2-50/B3143
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin: "pagebe" = not outlet - all paths lead to the "hole" or pit = the (image) incision in scale.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, various shapes, some are perforated
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 1/2 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 15
Label on object B-3143; 6; 7

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