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Museum number:
5-15496
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 29.3 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15426b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:
1950
Museum number:
5-15418
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 35 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951
Museum number:
5-15417
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 36.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-14118
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Human figures (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:
height 45 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of Benin
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15426a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
a— height 23 centimeters, cowrie strands, average— length 16 centimeters, and b— height 25 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1950
Museum number:
5-15288a-c
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
(a)— 4.3 centimeters, (a)— 4 centimeters, and (a)— 3.6 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:
ca. 1953
Museum number:
5-15512a,b
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:
b— diameter 7.4 centimeters and a— height 21.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15422
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Fly whisks
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:
length 62 centimeters and height 18.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1960
Museum number:
5-10855
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Gold-weights
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters
Collection place:
Ghana