bell w/ clapper; a): stained tusk tip; center is kneeling anthropomorphic figure; incised cross-hatched bands in relief above and below; l. 32.2 cm.; b) oblong wood clapper, l. 3 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 22, 1975
Context of use:
used in Ifa divination. to call Ifa's attention (Ifa is Yoruba god of divination) the diviner taps on a carved wood tray w/ a bell carved in wood or ivory or cast in brass.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— length 3 centimeters and a— length 32.2 centimeters
Comment:
Used in Ifa divination. To call Ifa’s attention (Ifa is Yoruba god of diviniation) the diviner taps on a carved wood tray with a bell carved in wood of ivory or cast in brass.Illustrated: Bascom; African Art in Cultural Perspective, Pgs. 86-88; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-1
Loans:
S1968-1969 #132: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 10, 1969–June 11, 1969) and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)