Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Museum number:: 5-16342
Culture or time period:: Tsogo
Object class:: Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters, length 35.7 centimeters, and height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1967

Museum number:: 5-15967
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:: light red feathers— length 9.5 centimeters, box— height 11 centimeters, dark red feathers— length 15 centimeters, box— depth 2 centimeters, and box— width 15.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-10842
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 89.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ilara, Ogun State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-16014
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:: chain— length 106 centimeters and free hanging strands— length 7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-15918
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 25 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1965

Museum number:: 5-16217
Culture or time period:: Kran
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 20 centimeters, width 39 centimeters, and length 48.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1971

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