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Object Number 22-2-50/B3362
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "litan" = fire - in five day something will happed, either good or bad.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 5 perforations, notched
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.8 x 3.3 x 0.2 cm (1 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3362; 1

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