divination-tablet
- Museum number
- Af1899,0422.11
- Description
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Divining tablets composed of three oblong brown nutshells, each divided into two halves and strung on a leather thong.
- Production date
- 1899 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.40 centimetres
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Width: 3.40 centimetres
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Depth: 2.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Added to slip "Divining tablets Hakata according to Miss Shaw".
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Acquisition notes
- Af1899,0422.1 to 22 is recorded as a "collection of native implements from Mashonaland" which was presented by A Dimley-Olden.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1899,0422.11