Object name: Charm / Object class: Jewelry and adornment / Culture or time period: Cameroonian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4359, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = "stone millet"); gritty clay molded over lizard egg; said to represent the male; L. 9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4324, described as Charm (Durum Godobo [Tambak] Madzaf) of 7 antelope and sheep horns, some covered with monitor lizard skins; horns connected by blue-dyed cotton cloth; overall L. ea. 33 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4363, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); chunk of crystaline quartz; represents the female (?); with 4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4361, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = stone millet); red stained quartz pebble; also used as mulet against diarrhea (water in which stone was immersed is drunk as medicine); L. 6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4360, described as Charm for millet (Koa dao = "stone millet"); goat horn core; exact significance unknown; L. 10.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-4325, described as Charm (Durum Godobo [Tambak] Madzaf) of 4 antelope or goat horns of curved iron joined together by leather thong.