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Object Number 22-2-50/B3235
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "lugi" = to be broken, you will plan to do a thing, then not do it.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, broad ends tied with vegetable fiber, 1 broken
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm (1 7/16 x 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3235; 9

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