Divining instrument with folding wooden strips

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Object Number 35-50-50/1371

Display Title Divining instrument with folding wooden strips

Descriptions

Object Description Divining instrument (with folding wooden strips) - part of medicine man's equipment

Inventory Description Ornament, 2 wood cylinders connected by collapsing wood net, beads and bells

Classification

Ornament

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wanyamwezi

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Tanzania / Tanganyika

Materials Wood , Glass , Metal , Animal hair , Hide , Reptile skin , Plant fiber , Cotton fabric , Cotton thread , Sinew

Dimensions Overall: 32.4 x 29 x 2.2 cm (12 3/4 x 11 7/16 x 7/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 35-50- / 50/1371

Credit Line Gift of Frederick Carnochan, 1955

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.24.14121	Divining instrument, with folding wooden strips		Tanzania
	22-2-50/B3056.1	Bark strips; part of divining outfit	Faunal	Cameroon
	2004.24.14114	Cow skin strip with tail and cowrie shells, pair of strips of cowhide		Tanzania
Image Not Available for Divining objects, bark strips from various trees	22-2-50/B3055	Divining objects, bark strips from various trees		Cameroon
	22-2-50/B3031.1	Medicine bundle, hide pouch wrapped w/ bark strips, some fur, loop handle	Medicine bundle	Cameroon
	35-50-50/1364	Lion skin strip including tail, sewn with claws and shells - part of medicine ma	Ornament	Tanganyika
	19-29-50/B2104.2	Stringed instrument, wood bowl and frame, reptile skin head, 8 sinew strings	String	Kenya
	2003.1.1051	Unclassified, carved wood cylinders, grooved, sewn w/ hide strips to hide strap	Unclassified	Africa
	2004.24.14115	Divining block and cover, part of medicine man's equipment		Tanzania
	35-50-50/1365	Pair of lion skin strip and cowrie shell bracelets - part of medicine+	Ornament	Tanganyika
	22-2-50/B3030	Divining "bundle"	Medicine bundle Raw Material	Cameroon
	2003.1.2411	Ribbon, 2 strips red cotton cloth, multicolored embroidered strips at ends	Ribbon	Asia

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