Donor: Berta Bascom / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Accession number: Acc.3023 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Cocoon

Museum number:: 5-12905
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:: length 17 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

2. Cup

Museum number:: 5-12901
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 19.4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

3. Fan

Museum number:: 5-12900
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1965

4. Figure - carved wood

Museum number:: 5-12897
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

5. Figurine

Museum number:: 5-12902
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 54 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

6. Imitation palm fronds

Museum number:: 5-12911b
Culture or time period:: Urhobo
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Nigeria

7. Jewelry

Museum number:: 5-12908
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12911a,b.1
Culture or time period:: Urhobo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12898
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:: Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12909
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 44 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1965