Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Culture or time period: African cultures / Accession number: Acc.4739

Start Over Object class Carvings (visual works) Culture or time period African cultures Accession number Acc.4739

Museum number:: 5-16342
Culture or time period:: Tsogo
Object class:: Axes (tools) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 6.5 centimeters, height 24.5 centimeters, and length 35.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1967

Museum number:: 5-16359
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: width 18.6 centimeters, length 44.5 centimeters, and height 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

Museum number:: 5-16410
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: length 110.3 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and width 15 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-16230a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 19.5 centimeters, length 4.7 centimeters, and width 7.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-16738a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Dimensions:: width 15 centimeters, height 32 centimeters, and depth 10.8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Lagos, Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16249
Culture or time period:: Ibibio
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:: width 19.5 centimeters, height 30.1 centimeters, and length 6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Bende, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1945
Person depicted:: Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity)

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