Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Culture or time period: Yoruba cluster / Materials: Leather

Museum number:: 5-15218
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:: length 31.7 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-15923
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 26.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1969

Museum number:: 5-15426a,b
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:: b— height 25 centimeters, a— height 23 centimeters, and cowrie strands, average— length 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa
Collection date:: 1950

Museum number:: 5-15506
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:: length 46.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

Museum number:: 5-14506
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:: height 35.5 centimeters
Collector:: Stash Kaye
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1975

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