divination bowl. carved wood. inside of bottom carved with four compartments around center circle. top has carved handle in center, cracked on one side. A-bottom, B-top, both dm. 38 cm., overall ht. 25 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a,b— diameter 38 centimeters and a,b— height 25 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated, Bascom; Ifa Divination, 1969, Pl.9. Slide. B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. PAHMA Storage Loc: Mez., 115C (Murdock 31:31)