Collection place: Nigeria / Culture or time period: African cultures / Materials: Cotton (textile)

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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:: 5-16406
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: length 202.5 centimeters, width 114.8 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:: 5-15270a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Dimensions:: b— width 13 centimeters, a— length 39.6 centimeters, b— length 14 centimeters, and a— width 33.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-10844
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:: length 107 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1967

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