Search

Start Over Collection place British West Africa (historic)
Showing 100 per page

Limit your search

Choose one:
more »

Select all that apply:
more »

Choose one:

Select all that apply:
more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1884 to 2000

View larger Year collected

Select all that apply:
more »

Select all that apply:
more »

Select all that apply:
more »

Choose one:
more »

Select all that apply:
more »

Select all that apply:

Select all that apply:

Select all that apply:
more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1915 to 2011

View larger Accession year

Select all that apply:
more »

Select all that apply:
more »

1. Adze

Museum number:
5-4054
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Adzes
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
length 40.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1960

2. Adze

Museum number:
5-2978a,b
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Object class:
Adzes
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Akwa, Nigeria
Collection date:
1962

3. Adze

Museum number:
5-4053
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Adzes
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:
length 37.5 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1960

4. Alligator

Museum number:
5-6315b
Culture or time period:
Isoko
Object class:
Drums (membranophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection place:
Emede, Nigeria
Collection date:
June, 1966

5. Amber

Museum number:
5-15974
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

6. Amulet

Museum number:
5-2932d
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Jos market, Jos, Nigeria

7. Amulet

Museum number:
5-15213
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
length 7.7 centimeters
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

8. Amulet/ leg rattle

Museum number:
5-15424
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 14.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

9. Amulet/ leg rattle

Museum number:
5-15381
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
width 6.8 centimeters
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

10. Ancestral figure

Museum number:
5-3816
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Ancestor figures (devotional objects)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collection place:
Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria