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1. Cane/staff

Museum number:: 11-43911
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: length 110 centimeters and width 4.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Milne Bay Province, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea

2. Carved wooden paddle

Museum number:: 11-43918
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: length 72 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: New Caledonia

3. Club

Museum number:: 11-43917
Culture or time period:: Oceanian cultures
Object class:: Clubs (weapons)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: width 9 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oceania

4. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15219
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:: length 18.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15217
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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:: length 71.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15218
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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:: length 31.7 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14897
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 31.6 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

8. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14869a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27.9 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

9. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14901b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 26.6 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1955-1957

10. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14900a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 28.2 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown