Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Oyo State, Nigeria / Materials: Paint (coating) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Divination cup

Museum number:: 5-15428
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Dimensions:: height 29 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

2. Headdress

Museum number:: 5-10181
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Headdresses
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Baba Alawode [Yoruba]
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

3. Headdress

Museum number:: 5-10182
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Headdresses and Masks (costume)
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Dimensions:: diameter 16 centimeters and height 33.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

4. Mask

Museum number:: 5-10200
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 21.2 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

5. Mask

Museum number:: 5-10199
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

6. Statue

Museum number:: 5-3849
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Statues
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 53.023 centimeters
Collector:: Richard N. Henderson
Collection place:: Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: July 1961