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Object Number 22-2-50/B3374
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "on nkongo" = build a hut or if you have one go there and sleep in it if ill.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, angled and perforated
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.6 x 2 x 0.5 cm (1 x 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3374; 7

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