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Object Number 22-2-50/B3260
Display Title Divining object
Descriptions
Object Description Divining object: scale of pangolin; "mbak peh yada" = judgement from one piece - one sided jugement
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, 1 with slit/triangular perforations, other notche
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 2.3 x 0.1 cm (1 5/8 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3260; 2; 8

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