Collection place: Africa / Donor: Berta Bascom / Materials: Shell (animal material)

Start Over Collection place Africa Donor Berta Bascom Materials Shell (animal material)

Museum number:: 5-10298
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 128.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

Museum number:: 5-10294
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

Museum number:: 5-10844
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:: length 107 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1967

Museum number:: 5-15968
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: head— height 4 centimeters and overall— height 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-10295
Object class:: Shell samples
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 138 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

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