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Object Number 22-2-50/B3273
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "dilo diaa" = 3 days. Do it in 3 days or something will happen in 3 days
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 3 round perforations at one end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 x 1.6 x 0.1 cm (1 x 5/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3273; 1

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