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Object Number 22-2-50/B3219
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ba bogo mbogi" = they cut notches as on memory stick - for keeping account of doweries paid for women.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 5 pairs of perforations w/ vegetable fiber attachd
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.7 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm (1 7/16 x 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3219; 4

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