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Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "mongoe"
Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "mongoe"
Object Number 22-2-50/B3265
Display Title Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "mongoe"
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "mongoe" = a canoe, hollowed-out log. May mean performing ceremony in a canoe or accident in a conoe according to questions asked.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, V-shaped in cross section, one has 4 perf'ns
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Pangolin scale
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (1 1/16 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3265; [undetermined number]

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