Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Accession number: Acc.3855

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Museum number:: 5-14605
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Baskets (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Twined weaving
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: height 134 centimeters and width 76 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1969

Museum number:: 5-14523
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria

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