Collection place: Africa / Collector: Berta Bascom / Accession number: Acc.4692 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:: 15-31098
Object class:: Black-and-white negatives and Drums (membranophones)
Dimensions:: height 2 inches and length 2.25 inches
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950-1951

2. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:: 15-31097
Object class:: Black-and-white negatives
Dimensions:: height 2 inches and length 2.25 inches
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950-1951

3. Black-and-white negative

Museum number:: 15-31168
Object class:: Black-and-white negatives
Dimensions:: length 2.25 inches and height 2 inches
Collector:: Berta Bascom
Collection place:: Orangun's Palace, Ila Orangun, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

4. Divining chains

Museum number:: 5-16014
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: free hanging strands— length 7 centimeters and chain— length 106 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16027
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 28 centimeters and 28 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

6. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16028
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 32 centimeters, 38 centimeters, and 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

7. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16025
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 45 centimeters and 33 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16024
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria

9. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16026
Culture or time period:: Ibo and Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 50 inches, 35 centimeters, and 40 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16018
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945