Object type: ethnography / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Materials: Ivory (material)

Start Over Object type ethnography Collection place British West Africa (historic) Materials Ivory (material)

Museum number:: 5-15962a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: c— width 2.2 centimeters, a— length 4.1 centimeters, b— width 2.4 centimeters, a— width 2.2 centimeters, c— length 5 centimeters, d— width 2.1 centimeters, b— length 5.1 centimeters, and d— length 4.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937-1938

Museum number:: 5-13012
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

Museum number:: 5-15497
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:: diameter 3.6 centimeters and height 13.6 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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

Museum number:: 5-10844
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 107 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1967

Museum number:: 5-11696
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 9 centimeters, width 6 centimeters, and height 11 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana
Collection date:: 1944

Search