Object class: Figurines / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Loans: S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)

Start Over Object class Figurines Culture or time period Western African cultures Loans S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)

Museum number:: 5-4597
Culture or time period:: Baga
Object class:: Carvings (visual works), Figurines, and Women (female humans)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:: Liberia

Museum number:: 5-13702
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 67 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

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