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Object Number 98-3-50/51359
Display Title Fetish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Charm, shell filled with black resinous substance, coated with black pigment
Classification
  • Charm
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River?
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm (4 x 1 3/4 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-3-50/51359, 51359

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Fetish
98-3-50/51354 Fetish
Charm
Africa
Fetish
98-3-50/51356 Fetish
Charm
Africa
Fetish
98-3-50/51355 Fetish
Charm
Africa
Antelope horn fetish on cord
99-12-50/53754 Antelope horn fetish on cord
Charm
Ghana
Fetish on cord
99-12-50/53759 Fetish on cord
Charm
Ghana
Fetish on cord
99-12-50/53761 Fetish on cord
Charm
Ghana
Fetish on cord
99-12-50/53762 Fetish on cord
Charm
Ghana
Fetish: bundle of sticks
99-12-50/53232 Fetish: bundle of sticks
Charm
Africa
Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house
21-28-50/B2828 Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house
Raw Material
Charm
Cameroon
Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house
21-28-50/B2826 Fetish, suspended from roof of hut inside to protect the house
Charm
Raw Material
Cameroon
Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ong njek njek" = any fetish or charm
22-2-50/B3138 Divining outfit: scale of pangolin; "ong njek njek" = any fetish or charm
Charm
Cameroon
Divining outfit
22-2-50/B3367 Divining outfit
Charm
Cameroon