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Object Number
22-2-50/B3342
Display Title
Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "mut o mlek"=person whose bowls are stopped up.
Descriptions
Object Description
Divining outfit: pangolin scale; "mut o mlek" = person whose bowls are stopped up.
Inventory Description
Charm, worked Pangolin scale, 4 round perf's at broad end, 4 V-notches at other
Classification
- Charm
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Basa?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms
Cameroon, southern
Materials
Pangolin scale
Dimensions
Overall: 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.3 cm (1 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
B-3342; 8
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-2-50/B3277 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "bog mut =broken (in health) individual |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3268 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mgiveleg mut" = circumcised man |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3286 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "mut pom muda"=a man with only one wife |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3316 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3327 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3295 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3154 | Divining outfit: |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3311 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3332 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3383 | Divining outfit: pangolin scales |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3139 | Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "giviha bi maliga" = tears of truth |
Charm
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3306 | Divining outfit |
Charm
|
Cameroon
|