Object name: Knife / Collector: William Russell Bascom / Materials: Ivory (material)

Start Over Object name Knife Collector William Russell Bascom Materials Ivory (material)

Museum number:: 5-15952
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:: handle— width 1.5 centimeters, blade— length 5.5 centimeters, blade— width 1.5 centimeters, and handle— length 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

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