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Object Number 22-2-50/B3196
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "binjenyen" = coarse grass get abd burn it as medicine.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 1 edge deeply notched, perforated
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.1 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 5/8 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3196; 2

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