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Object Number 22-2-50/B3218
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "kan ban i hond" = tie "medicine" to ban evil to an axe: hond = native axe; European axe = "nkulen"
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, perforated with vegetable fiber attached
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 2 x 0.3 cm (1 13/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3218; 3

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