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Object Number 22-2-50/B3163
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; pom kul mbuh: ha nys hie" scrape tortoises back: burn it in fire = kill by huming in fire.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, incised V on grooved side of scale
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 2.8 x 0.2 cm (7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3163; 2

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