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Object Number 22-2-50/B3150
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "lem m'bai" = domestic animal piece fiber at one end = rope usually placed around neck of animal. The (image) on each side = legs of animals = 2 each side.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, both notched at sides, 1 notched also at 1 end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.4 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (1 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object B-3150; 5

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