Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Object name Staff Donor William Russell Bascom

Museum number:: 5-11711
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 39.5 centimeters and width 12 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-15675
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 5.1 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-3442
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:: height 18.256 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

Museum number:: 5-11712
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 12.5 centimeters and length 46 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-7684
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 17 centimeters and height 57.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1961

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