1. Sword and sheath Museum number: 5-11719a,b Culture or time period: Yoruba Object class: Plaited weaving Function: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control Dimensions: width 71 centimeters Collector: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom Collection place: Africa Collection date: 1951
2. Wand Museum number: 5-15941 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 38 centimeters and diameter 2.5 centimeters Collector: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom Collection place: Ife, Nigeria Collection date: 1937-1938