divination-stone
- Museum number
- Oc1854,1229.25.b-e
- Description
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Group of four stones, used for divination.
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.50 centimetres (largest)
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Height: 3.50 centimetres (smallest)
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Width: 3.50 centimetres (largest)
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Width: 3 centimetres (smallest)
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Depth: 3.20 centimetres (largest)
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Depth: 3 centimetres (smallest)
- Curator's comments
- Extracts from the British and Medieval Registe 1757-1878, p. 154:
Four stones enclosed in a small pouch of basket work. They were used for divination and were given up by a priest of the Loyalty Islands. L. circ 4 inches.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1854
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1854,1229.25.b-e