Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Collector: Vivian Burns / Culture or time period: Western African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Dance wand

Museum number:: 5-14321
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:: height 55 centimeters
Collector:: Vivian Burns and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1974

2. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12934
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

3. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12951
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

4. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12943
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

5. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12927
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

6. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12926
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

7. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12954
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

8. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12937
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

9. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12938
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974

10. Printing blocks

Museum number:: 5-12948
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Vivian Burns
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1974