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Object Number 22-2-50/B3214
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "tond" = go everywhere continue going. The incisions denot path coming - at end of scale = going, at side.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, notched, white pigment
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.2 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 1/4 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3214; 7

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