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Object Number 22-2-50/B3365
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "hel" not hell - astonishment bad news is coming to you.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, notched broad end, triangular/round perforations
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 2.3 x 0.1 cm (1 1/2 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3365; 8

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