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Object Number 22-2-50/B3199
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "koto hie i bog i lie" = make a fire (for medicine purpose) in broken pot and set in street before your hut.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, semi-discoidal, 4 perforations
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 x 2 x 0.1 cm (1 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3199; 5

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