Object class: Containers (receptacles) / Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Northern Nigeria - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Containers (receptacles) Object type ethnography Collection place Northern Nigeria

1. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10841
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Maker or artist:: Araba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Agana, Benue State, Nigeria
Collection date:: March 1938

2. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11459
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

3. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11461
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

4. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11463
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

5. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11458
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

6. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11462
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

7. Calabash bowl

Museum number:: 5-11460
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection place:: Northern Nigeria
Collection date:: July 27, 1972

8. Ink pot

Museum number:: 5-3114
Object class:: Inkwells
Function:: 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

9. Quiver

Museum number:: 5-2943
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Quivers
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:: Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

10. Sheath

Museum number:: 5-6268b
Culture or time period:: Hausa
Object class:: Sheaths (cases)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Collection place:: Kano, Nigeria