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Object Number
22-2-50/B3381
Display Title
Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "son" = grave
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Charm, worked Pangolin scales, square perforations, 1 tied with vegetable fiber
Classification
- Charm
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Pangolin scale, Pigment?
Dimensions
Overall: 4.6 x 2.3 x 0.2 cm (1 13/16 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
15
Label on object
B-3381; 2
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