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1. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16457
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 24 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

2. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16461a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: b— length 20.5 centimeters and a— length 23.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

3. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16459
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-14081
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: diameter 7 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

5. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-10298
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 128.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

6. Cowrie shells

Museum number:: 5-15316
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: length 117 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Cowry shells

Museum number:: 5-10294
Function:: 7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Dimensions:: length 139 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Accra, Ghana
Collection date:: 1943

8. Divining chain

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

9. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-2602
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: 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 28.893 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

10. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14884
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 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Ijebu State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown