Fan

Museum number:
5-12900
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1146 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3023
Description:
Fan for Eleko cult; cowries sewn to round pc. leather (one side only); wood handle from which are suspended 2 brass coins (British West Africa 1 penny and 1/10 penny, each w/ 6 pointed star on one face); h. 24.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 14, 1973
Context of use:
fan for Eleko cult
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 24.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 5-12900, described as Fan for Eleko cult; cowries sewn to round pc. leather (one side only); wood handle from which are suspended 2 brass coins (British West Africa 1 penny and 1/10 penny, each w/ 6 pointed star on one face); h. 24.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 5-12900, described as Fan for Eleko cult; cowries sewn to round pc. leather (one side only); wood handle from which are suspended 2 brass coins (British West Africa 1 penny and 1/10 penny, each w/ 6 pointed star on one face); h. 24.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Fan, accession number 5-12900, described as Fan for Eleko cult; cowries sewn to round pc. leather (one side only); wood handle from which are suspended 2 brass coins (British West Africa 1 penny and 1/10 penny, each w/ 6 pointed star on one face); h. 24.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fan, accession number 5-12900, described as Fan for Eleko cult; cowries sewn to round pc. leather (one side only); wood handle from which are suspended 2 brass coins (British West Africa 1 penny and 1/10 penny, each w/ 6 pointed star on one face); h. 24.5 cm.

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