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Object Number 35-31-50/1186
Display Title Half a clam's shell for divining
Descriptions
Inventory Description Clam shell
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Shell
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basa
  • Basa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern
Materials Shell
Dimensions Overall: 5.4 x 3.1 x 0.1 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1186

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