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Object Number 22-2-50/B3319
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mas ae ma yange" = vain joy, the thing you are rejoicing about will prove to be of no value.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 6 notches at broad end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 4.8 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm (1 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3319; 1

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