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Object Number 22-2-50/B3363
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "tchom du kon" = things of sickness - they are coming your way to make you ill.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, serrations/circular notched edges, 2 perforation
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 1.8 x 0.2 cm (1 9/16 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3363; 2

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