Hearst Museum of Anthropology

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:: 5-15920a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: 5-15920a— height 29 centimeters and 5-15920b— height 29 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1960

Museum number:: 5-4055
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 23.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

Museum number:: 5-4056
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

Museum number:: 5-7684
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 57.5 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1961

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