Object name: Calabash / Collection place: Africa / Culture or time period: Western African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-16480a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria

2. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-15649a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: b— diameter 22.5 centimeters and a— diameter 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

3. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-10203
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-15955
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:: width 4 centimeters and length 7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-14078a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: b— diameter 21 centimeters, a— diameter 22 centimeters, and overall— height 23 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950

6. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-14076a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: overall— height 24 centimeters, a— diameter 20.5 centimeters, and b— diameter 20 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

7. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-10202
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-11717a,b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

9. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-15956
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 7.3 centimeters and width 4.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

10. Calabash

Museum number:: 5-14077a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: a— diameter 20 centimeters, b— diameter 19 centimeters, and overall— height 23 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938