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Object Number 22-2-50/B3356
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "kan ban i ngolok hie" = take fire brnd from fire, let it become vanquished, then tie your charm to the stick left.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 1 notch in each side, pointed at narrow end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 1.8 x 0.1 cm (1 1/4 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3356; 9

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