Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Northern Nigeria / Collector: William Russell Bascom

Start Over Object type ethnography Collection place Northern Nigeria Collector William Russell Bascom

Museum number:: 5-10841
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Maker or artist:: Araba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Agana, Benue State, Nigeria
Collection date:: March 1938

Museum number:: 5-16276
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 1.8 centimeters, length 9.9 centimeters, and height 1.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16277
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: width 2.2 centimeters, length 10.5 centimeters, and height 2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16275
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 1.6 centimeters, height 9.7 centimeters, and width 2.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria

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