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Object Number 22-2-50/B3304
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "bot iyop" = pouch (of basket work) of poverty - poor man's pouch - nothing in it.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, perfs, twisted vegetable fiber
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm (1 9/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3304; 8

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