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Museum number:
5-15421
Culture or time period:
Benin and Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1970
Museum number:
5-16435a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters, height 4.5 centimeters, and width 6.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1938?
Museum number:
5-13051a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
b— length 3 centimeters and a— length 32.2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1969
Museum number:
5-16733
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
width 19 centimeters and length 80.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Museum number:
5-10151
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 90 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951
Museum number:
5-10262
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938
Museum number:
5-16406
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
width 114.8 centimeters, length 202.5 centimeters, fringe— length 3 centimeters, and fringe— length 2.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962
Museum number:
5-16391
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:
length 203 centimeters and width 116 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Collection date:
1943
Museum number:
5-13047a
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Museum number:
5-15962a-d
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
c— width 2.2 centimeters, c— length 5 centimeters, a— width 2.2 centimeters, b— width 2.4 centimeters, b— length 5.1 centimeters, d— length 4.1 centimeters, a— length 4.1 centimeters, and d— width 2.1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:
1937-1938