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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Hammer
|
Cameroon
| |
| 04-19-70/63252 | Charms to drive away evil spirits |
Charm
|
Borneo
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Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
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Ornament
| ||
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Ornament
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 22-2-50/B3476 | Charm to insure crop success. |
Medicine bundle
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3485.1 | Medicine bundle, woven basket containing various divination items |
Medicine bundle
|
Cameroon
| |
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Figurine
|
Congo
| |
| 56-28-20/19810 | Double faced personal charms (2) |
Raw Material
Ornament |
Sonora
Tabasco | |
| 22-2-50/B3478 | Earring with charms for pendants. |
Earring
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
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Raw Material
Figurine |
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| |
| 55-1-70/3707 | Bear canine charms (valis-do?man), drilled and suspended by string + |
Ornament
|
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