Donor: Berta Bascom / Culture or time period: African cultures / Loans: S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Berta Bascom Culture or time period African cultures Loans S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)

1. Door

Museum number:: 5-14605
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Baskets (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Twined weaving
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 134 centimeters and width 76 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1969

2. Figurines

Museum number:: 5-13702
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 67 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

3. Mask

Museum number:: 5-13706
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1972