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Object Number 22-2-50/B3182
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ya bum" = grandchild. Your grandchild is responsible for your misfortune - or get it to prepare medicine for you, as case may be.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, notched, perforated, tied together with veg fiber
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 2 x 0.6 cm (1 5/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3182; 2

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