Divining outfit

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Object Number 22-2-50/B3306

Display Title Divining outfit

Descriptions

Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "nemb tchon di kon" = heart which is thinking illness - someone is making black image against you.

Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 4 retangular perf's (loss at one of them), notches

Classification

Charm

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Pangolin scale, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 4.3 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 11/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B-3306; 1

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
22-2-50/B3309	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3327	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3308	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3280	Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "njam be kon" = incurable illness	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3208	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3195	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3363	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3279	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3310	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3130	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3300	Divining outfit	Charm	Cameroon
22-2-50/B3342	Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "mut o mlek"=person whose bowls are stopped up.	Charm	Cameroon

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