Culture or time period: Yoruba cluster / Materials: Iron (metal) / Accession number: Acc.4739

Start Over Culture or time period Yoruba cluster Materials Iron (metal) Accession number Acc.4739

Museum number:: 5-16514
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Oil lamps
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: width 15 centimeters, height 37.5 centimeters, and length 26.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa

Museum number:: 5-16437
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:: maximum— circumference 28.5 centimeters, w/ stand— height 73.8 centimeters, circumference 23.5 centimeters, and height 64.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

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