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Object Number 22-2-50/B3340
Display Title Divining outfit
Descriptions
Object Description Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "masuno malep" = meeting of waters = streams. Go there to perform ceremony.
Inventory Description Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 1 notch and 2 perforations at one end
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Dimensions Overall: 3.1 x 2 x 0.2 cm (1 1/4 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B3340; 5

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