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Object Number 22-2-50/B3231
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "jate i mbegedi" = a meath like affair of potent vines; make one of these and place in village street; Symbolical of tying up evil influence.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, scalloped edge, veg fiber ring attached one side
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 x 2 x 0.3 cm (1 3/8 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3231; 1

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