Object name: Figure / Collection place: Western Africa / Culture or time period: Nigerian cultures

Start Over Object name Figure Collection place Western Africa Culture or time period Nigerian cultures

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:: height 9.7 centimeters, length 1.6 centimeters, and width 2.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-13468
Culture or time period:: Idoma
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
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria

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