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Object Number 22-2-50/B3328
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "pom ilingik" = fashion a piece of stick into a bull roarer make it talk to cure patient
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 2 x 0.2 cm (1 15/16 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-3328; 4

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