Collection place: Central Africa / Culture or time period: Bantu / Accession number: Acc.3100 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Divination animal

Museum number:: 5-12977
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
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:: length 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

2. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12973
Culture or time period:: Ba Salampasu
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 37 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965

3. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12974
Culture or time period:: Ba Salampasu
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 31.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kasaï District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1965