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Object Number 22-2-50/B3232
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ngina" = a round thing in this case, a piece of hewn board procure and put in village street, as above.
Inventory Description Charm, Pangolin scale, unworked, grooved one side with circular incision
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 2.6 x 0.1 cm (1 5/16 x 1 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3232; 2

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