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1. Basketry hat

Museum number:: 5-11678
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Niger
Collection date:: August, 1971

2. Bowl and cover

Museum number:: 5-13249a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) 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
Dimensions:: diameter 32 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Dance wand

Museum number:: 5-13245
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 34.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

4. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-13876a
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 25 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-13876b
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 24.2 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Feathers

Museum number:: 5-13845
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Psittacus erithacus

7. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13466
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13467
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13474
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Figure

Museum number:: 5-13451
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 45 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 4/15/75