Tray

Museum number:
5-1736
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Alternate number:
B-53 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
Wooden divining tray; diameter approximately 6 1/2 inches.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1914
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trays
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.51 centimeters
Comment:
originally collected at Epe in 1914.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 5-1736, described as Wooden divining tray; diameter approximately 6 1/2 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 5-1736, described as Wooden divining tray; diameter approximately 6 1/2 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 5-1736, described as Wooden divining tray; diameter approximately 6 1/2 inches.

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