Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Object name Figurines Donor Berta Bascom

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

Museum number:: 5-15288a-c
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: (a)— 3.6 centimeters, (a)— 4 centimeters, and (a)— 4.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:: ca. 1953

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