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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
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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