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Object Number
35-31-50/1255O
Display Title
Half a nut shell, rough, filled with medicine
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Charm, half of nut shell
Classification
- Charm
- Raw Material
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa
- Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Nutshell
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-31-50/1255O
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35-31-50/1255N | Half a nut shell, rough, filled with medicine |
Charm
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 984-15-30/11073 | Worked nut shell. half of shell of unknown nut, with notch carved into center. |
Organic
|
Grave
| |
| 35-31-50/1254P | Half a nut shell |
Raw Material
Floral |
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1257E | Large flat nut, split in halves, filled with medicine |
Floral
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 02-14-10/61986.2 | 8 half shell dice |
Game
|
Nevada
| |
| 49-14-50/8447 | Soap in nut shell. Myuka |
Unclassified
|
Mozambique
| |
| 35-31-50/1257A | Large nut, hard rough shell |
Floral
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 37-28-30/1457 | Chief's charm - made from dried fruits, nuts; shells; colored beads |
Charm
Raw Material |
Ecuador
| |
| 53-38-10/42029 | Pinon nut shell |
Nut
Raw Material |
Cerro Colorado
| |
| 40-24-50/5033 | Pair of anklets - ropes with nut shells(?) hanging off on strings (azagbasi) |
Anklet
|
Africa
| |
| 48-36-50/7314 | Tiny antelope horn with shell filled with medicine, towolo's personal+ |
Medicine bundle
|
Liberia
| |
| 95-33-00/72793 | Necklace of carved nut shell beads |
Necklace
|