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Object Number 22-2-50/B3193
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "maleb m helek" = water from a pool which has almost dried up. Get some for medicine you about to make.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, disc-shaped with center perforation
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.3 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (7/8 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3193; 6

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