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1. Divining cup

Museum number:: 5-2588a
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
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: 1944

2. Divining cup and lid

Museum number:: 5-2588a,b
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:: height 21.59 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: 1944

3. Divining cup lid

Museum number:: 5-2588b
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
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: 1944

4. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16301
Culture or time period:: Fon
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin

5. Figure fragment

Museum number:: 5-14118
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Human figures (visual works)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 45 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: unknown

6. Textile

Museum number:: 5-5312
Object class:: Textile samples
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: 1965