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Object Number 22-2-50/B3303
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "bi botok bi kwag" = your riches will leave you. Perforation at broad end of scale = your eyes in astonishment about this.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, eccentric shape, perf's, veg fiber around middle
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.7 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm (1 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3303; 7

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