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Object Number 22-2-50/B3307
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Minature staff, metal, very small; Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; “ba mol we” - they laugh at you because something you are about to do which will prove to be foolish venture.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, V-notch at flaring end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 2.1 x 0.1 cm (1 3/4 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3307; 2

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