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21. Club

Museum number:: 11-43917
Culture or time period:: Oceanian cultures
Object class:: Clubs (weapons)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: width 9 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oceania

22. Container and lid

Museum number:: 9-18671a,b
Object class:: Miniature (size attribute)
Collection place:: Iran (Persia)

23. Cowries

Museum number:: 5-15317a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: b— diameter 8 centimeters and a— length 18 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

24. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-15316
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 117 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

25. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15219
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 18.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

26. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15217
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:: length 71.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

27. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15218
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:: length 31.7 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

28. Emblems

Museum number:: 5-15212a,b
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:: a— length 24.5 centimeters and b— length 24.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1956

29. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14890
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: 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 29.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

30. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14864b
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 27 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oshogbo, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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