Object name: Cup / Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-3009, described as Calabash drinking cup; Yango.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-10840, described as cup; divining cup, dark-stained carved wood; standing cock on self base, hollowed-out bowl on bird's back; base is cracked and damaged; incised geom. decorations; h. 20.6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-15652, described as divining cup, wood, handcarved; seated woman on round disc base, supporting peg shaped post on each side; shallow hemispherical cup balanced on head; incised design on rim and on four tabs underneath rim; dark brown coloration; split in base; rim dia 12.1 cm x h 14.3 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-2597, described as Yoruba divining cup with 5 human figures, painted blue, magenta and white; 7" high, 6 7/8" base dia.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-15653, described as divining cup, wood, handcarved; kneeling goat (?) on round base supporting bowl/cup on back and horns; incised designs on goat's rump & flanks; incised dentate design on rim of bowl; H Rim dia 16.1 x h 19.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-12985, described as effigy cup; standing woman w/ open figure-eight shaped compartment starting below breasts extending to thighs; bent knees; right foot repaired, right hand and forearm missing; carved dark wood; jequirity beans set in mastic both sides of head; h. 56.5 cm Role in trade - Acc. to Sieber "are for the most part carved for the Jaba by sculptors of the neighboring Koro.

Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-12901, described as divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.