Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Western Africa / Materials: Wood (plant material) (carved, painted wood)

Start Over Object type ethnography Collection place Western Africa Materials Wood (plant material) (carved, painted wood)

Museum number:: 5-10873
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Maker or artist:: Duga of Meko
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: height 53 centimeters and width 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Meko, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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