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Small gourd
Object Number 35-31-50/1261F
Display Title Small gourd
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, hollow gourd, perforated
Classification
  • Charm
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Gourd
Dimensions Overall: 7 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1261F
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Gifts for Special Uses Fund, 1935

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Handle of gourd vessel
35-31-50/1261H Handle of gourd vessel
Raw Material
Charm
Cameroon
Piece of gourd
20-29-50/B2176 Piece of gourd
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Gourd with fragment of cord
35-31-50/1261B Gourd with fragment of cord
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Gourd with short leaf stopper
35-31-50/1261D Gourd with short leaf stopper
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Gourd stopper with cord
35-31-50/1261C Gourd stopper with cord
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Double gourd
35-31-50/1261E Double gourd
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Stem of gourd
35-31-50/1255G Stem of gourd
Raw Material
Charm
Cameroon
Unopened gourd
35-31-50/1261A Unopened gourd
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "isongo mbak" small gourd tuberculosis
22-2-50/B3186 Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "isongo mbak" small gourd tuberculosis
Charm
Cameroon
Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "nyol ban i sop" = do not drink from a gourd.
22-2-50/B3376 Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "nyol ban i sop" = do not drink from a gourd.
Charm
Cameroon
Small gourd with leaf stopper
35-31-50/1264G Small gourd with leaf stopper
Raw Material
Bottle
Cameroon
Gourd ceremonial rattle with wooden handle. Gourd painted blue with small black
36-74-10/6559 Gourd ceremonial rattle with wooden handle. Gourd painted blue with small black
Percussion
Pueblo of San Ildefonso