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Object Number 22-2-50/B3178
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "jep li n jek" = same as # 3176, but lower and without vine protrubing instead, a vine in form of loop is put around base.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, peferforated with vegetable fiber attached
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3178; 4; 6

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