Object name: Divining bell tapper / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Materials: Ivory (material)

Start Over Object name Divining bell tapper Collection place British West Africa (historic) Materials Ivory (material)

Museum number:: 5-15494
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 23.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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