Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Nigeria / Materials: Raffia (fiber) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Brush

Museum number:: 5-7221
Object class:: Brushes (implements)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collector:: LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: pre-1968

2. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16715e
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

3. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16715d
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16715a
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16715c
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

6. Coaster

Museum number:: 5-16715b
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

7. Coasters

Museum number:: 5-16715a-e
Object class:: Coasters (containers)
Dimensions:: diameter 12.2 centimeters and depth 0.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

8. Cowrie shells

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

9. Dance suit

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 shoulders— width 66 centimeters, at shoulders— length 157 centimeters, and at hip— width 45 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Dance suit

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:: at hip— width 49 centimeters, fringe— length 11 centimeters, at shoulder— width 50 centimeters, and length 169 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria