Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Accession number: Acc.1370

Start Over Collection place British West Africa (historic) Accession number Acc.1370

Museum number:: 5-1744
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Dimensions:: whole— diameter 39.37 centimeters, whole— width 15 inches, whole— depth 1.5 inches, and whole— length 15.5 inches
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

Museum number:: 5-1737
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 43.18 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

Museum number:: 5-1739
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: width 19.05 centimeters, length 25.4 centimeters, and height 11.43 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

Museum number:: 5-1741
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 31.75 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

Museum number:: 5-1740
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 34.29 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

Museum number:: 5-1738
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 34.29 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943-1944

Museum number:: 5-1736
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Trays
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: diameter 16.51 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1914

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