Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Object name Crown Collection place Africa

Museum number:: 5-15642
Culture or time period:: Luena
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:: Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1960

Museum number:: 5-15420
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:: diameter 17 centimeters, length 26 centimeters, and height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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