Divining outfit

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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

Materials Pangolin scale, Vegetable fiber

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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22-2-50/B3368	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
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22-2-50/B3330	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
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22-2-50/B3341	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3346	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
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22-2-50/B3322	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3321	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3319	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3316	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon

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