Object type: ethnography / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Materials: Raffia (fiber)

Museum number:: 5-15949
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 54.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-16751
Culture or time period:: Igbo and Yoruba
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: at hip— width 45 centimeters, at shoulders— length 157 centimeters, and at shoulders— width 66 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-16227
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: fringe— length 11 centimeters, at shoulder— width 50 centimeters, at hip— width 49 centimeters, and length 169 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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