Collection place: Africa / Culture or time period: Yoruba / Accession number: Acc.4293 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Game board, with seeds

Museum number:: 5-14938
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:: gameboard— length 53 centimeters and gameboard— height 18 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1951

2. Mask

Museum number:: 5-14941
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

3. Mask

Museum number:: 5-14940
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Mask

Museum number:: 5-14942
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Stool (seating furniture)

Museum number:: 5-14939
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Stools (seating furniture)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 53.5 centimeters and height 44.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1961