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Object Number 22-2-50/B3238
Display Title Divining object
Descriptions
Object Description Divining object: scale of pangolin; "nkum njeK" = a charm by cutting notches - in standing dead tree and placing medicine in these notches
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, perforated
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 2 x 0.1 cm (1 13/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3238; 1

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