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Object Number 22-2-50/B3314
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scales of pangolin; "njel i lam" = good path. Do what you plan to do, as no hinderance is in the way.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scales, one withround perf'n, other has a flat end.
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (2 3/16 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object B-3314; 1; 3

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