Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Collection place: British West Africa (historic)

Museum number:: 5-3819
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Aguleri, Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-3818
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-3817
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

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:: b— width 2.4 centimeters, c— length 5 centimeters, d— width 2.1 centimeters, b— length 5.1 centimeters, d— length 4.1 centimeters, a— width 2.2 centimeters, c— width 2.2 centimeters, and a— length 4.1 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937-1938

Museum number:: 5-15799
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
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria

Museum number:: 5-15514
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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 25.2 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

Museum number:: 5-14086a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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:: a,b— height 25 centimeters and a,b— diameter 38 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

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