Divining outfit

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3267

Display Title Divining outfit

Descriptions

Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mut peh mbai" = a man who has only part of his village left. Had more people but they died.

Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 2 scales attached by vegetable fiber, worn

Classification

Jewelry

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Pangolin scale, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 2 x 1.9 cm (1 5/16 x 13/16 x 3/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B-3267; 3

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22-2-50/B3332	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3276	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3296	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3150	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3289	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3154	Divining outfit:	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3287	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3268	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mgiveleg mut" = circumcised man	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3379	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3286	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mut pom muda"=a man with only one wife	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3207	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3270	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon

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