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Museum number:
5-1744
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:
whole— width 15 inches, whole— depth 1.5 inches, whole— length 15.5 inches, and whole— diameter 39.37 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1951
Museum number:
5-3850
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 29.21 centimeters
Collector:
Richard N. Henderson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
May 1962
Museum number:
5-3851
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 28.893 centimeters
Collector:
Richard N. Henderson
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
May 1962
Museum number:
5-8646
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Figurines and Women (female humans)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Ghana
Museum number:
5-1667a-d
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Carvings (visual works), Fetishes, Figurines, Pottery, and Unclassified pottery
Collection place:
Africa
Museum number:
5-1664
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Object class:
Fetishes and Figurines
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Central Africa
Museum number:
5-5326
Culture or time period:
Ba Yaka
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Museum number:
2-16913
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
height 36 centimeters
Collector:
Family of Brig. Gen. R.O. Van Horn and Robert Osborn Van Horn
Collection place:
Arizona
Collection date:
1941
Museum number:
2-17055
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Object class:
Kachina dolls
Maker or artist:
S. Shing
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:
height 25.7 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
Collector:
Norman E.A. Hinds
Collection place:
Arizona
Collection date:
1942
Museum number:
2-18894
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
ca. 1945
Dimensions:
3 feet and 3 feet
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Collection date:
1900-1944