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Start Over Media available legacy documentation Accession number Acc.1683 Loans S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)

1. Crown

Museum number:: 5-2600
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 20.32 centimeters and height 29.21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Southern Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

2. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2602
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:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

3. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2603
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 30.48 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

4. Heddle

Museum number:: 5-2601
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 24.765 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

5. Mask

Museum number:: 5-2587
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1945