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Bundle of household charms
Bundle of household charms
Object Number 22-2-50/B3486
Display Title Bundle of household charms
Descriptions
Inventory Description Medicine bundle, large dried leaves wrapped around animal bone charms
Classification
  • Medicine bundle
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Leaf, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 19 x 5 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3486

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