Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Collection place Western Africa Materials Reed

Museum number:: 5-10210a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: f— length 80.5 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, b,c— length 81 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, a— length 80 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, and d,j— length 81.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

Museum number:: 5-16765
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: min— height 12.5 centimeters, max— height 12.8 centimeters, and min— diameter 29.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-16991a,b
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:: 1.5 Household
Dimensions:: b— diameter 34.5 centimeters, a— height 34 centimeters, b— height 7.5 centimeters, and a— diameter 58 centimeters
Collector:: Barbara Ames and David Ames
Collection place:: Nsukka, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1962-1963

Museum number:: 5-16504
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Hats
Function:: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:: height 9 centimeters and diameter 38.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Liberia

Museum number:: 5-16510
Culture or time period:: Bambara
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: height 28 centimeters, width 4.6 centimeters, and length 9.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Western Africa

Museum number:: 5-10163
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Spindles (textile working equipment)
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 22 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1951

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