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Medicine to prevent leopards from attacking domestic animals (ban nje)
Medicine to prevent leopards from attacking domestic animals (ban nje)
Object Number 35-31-50/1201
Display Title Medicine to prevent leopards from attacking domestic animals (ban nje)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charms, hide, teeth, claws, bones, and fibrous material
Classification
  • Charm
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Hide, Tooth, Animal claw, Bone, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.3 cm (3 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 25
Label on object 35-31-50/1201

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