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Object Number
22-2-50/B3425
Display Title
Palm leaflets (oil palm)
Descriptions
Object Description
Palm leaflets (oil palm) tied in manner done by chiefs when wish to call anyone living at a distance. Bundle is given to a messenger who shows it to person called.
Inventory Description
Bundle of dried palm strands, knotted at one end
Classification
- Floral
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Palm leaf
Dimensions
Overall: 33.2 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm (13 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B3425
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.11727 | Splitting the bisoho or leaflets |
Africa
| ||
| 2004.29.11835 | Roof mat making - "sewing" the leaflets with skewers |
Africa
| ||
| 37-77-50/2852 | Broom of palm leaflet ribs |
Broom
|
Liberia
| |
| 2004.29.11726 | Inner or "heart" frond of raffia palm |
Africa
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.1.106 | Ekibondo village with view of oil palms |
Belgian Congo
Ekibondo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.1.105 | Ekibondo village with view of oil palms |
Belgian Congo
Ekibondo | ||
| 35-31-50/1161 | Sheath from base of oil palm frond (ngangapi nkok) |
Textile
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3242 | Divining object |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3427 | Brush-broom for sweeping floors, made of end of oil-palm frond |
Broom
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1342 | Oil palm nuts |
Nut
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.24.14170 | Cooking oil palm nuts for palm oil |
Cameroon
| ||
| 29-4-50/H852 | Fly whisk, oil palm leaf stems |
Fly whisk
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
|