[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
staff, iron; roofed, round cage with four vertical bars, attached near top to pointed rod; H 19.0 cm x Dia (top) 5.1 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wrought iron (iron alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
fide Berta Bascom, this object is similar to a doctor's shingle, and placed in the ground in front of a diviner's house to let people know who lives there. also, piece apparently missing from the top.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.1 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Comment:
Per Berta Bascom, this object is similar to a doctor’s shingle, and placed in the ground in front of a diviner’s house to let people know who lives there. Also, piece apparently missing from the top. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-11-9