Object name: Dolls / Collection place: British West Africa (historic)

Start Over Object name Dolls Collection place British West Africa (historic)

Museum number:: 5-14477a,b
Object class:: Dolls (figurines)
Function:: 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Collection place:: Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-6286a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Dolls (figurines) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Philip Peek
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: May 1965

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