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Museum number:
5-4054
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
length 40.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1960
Museum number:
5-2978a,b
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Object class:
Adzes
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Akwa, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962
Museum number:
5-4053
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Adzes
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
length 37.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1960
Museum number:
5-6315b
Culture or time period:
Isoko
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection place:
Emede, Nigeria
Collection date:
June, 1966
Museum number:
5-15974
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15213
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 7.7 centimeters
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-2932d
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria
Museum number:
5-15424
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 14.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-15381
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 6.8 centimeters
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown
Museum number:
5-3819
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:
Aguleri, Nigeria