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Object Number 22-2-50/B3264
Display Title Divining object: scale of pangolin; "omok li beh"
Descriptions
Object Description Divining object: scale of pangolin; "omok li beh" = a waterfall - perform ceremony at waterfall.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, crescent-like cut-out
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (1 1/4 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3264; 7

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