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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:: 5-10841
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Maker or artist:: Araba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Agana, Benue State, Nigeria
Collection date:: March 1938

Museum number:: 5-954
Culture or time period:: Kuanyama Ambo
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Namibia
Collection date:: Spring 1948

Museum number:: 5-952
Culture or time period:: Kuanyama Ambo
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Edwin M. Loeb, Ella-Marie Loeb, and University of California African Expedition
Collection place:: Namibia
Collection date:: Spring 1948

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