Divining outfit

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3348

Display Title Divining outfit

Descriptions

Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "bok makop" = a suspended hooked stick - bok used a charm - will catch all evil intrudes.

Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, V-notch at each end, angle notch at side, 2 perf's

Classification

Charm

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Pangolin scale

Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 2.1 x 0.2 cm (1 5/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B-3348; 8

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
22-2-50/B3202	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3343	Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "bok li lam" = a good or suitable place	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3234	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3203	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3339	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3283	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3279	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3327	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3329	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3300	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3295	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3156	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "dikopa" = two hooked sticks = "we"	Charm	Cameroon

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