Culture or time period: African cultures / Accession number: Acc.2819

Museum number:: 5-10163
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 22 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

Museum number:: 5-11711
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 39.5 centimeters and width 12 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-11712
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 46 centimeters and width 12.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

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