1913 (original number) and B-1908 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
divining tray, wood, (nearly) round, flat; depressed center with 3.5 cm handcarved design in low relief; face of Eshu at top with interwoven motif extending all around edge of tray; washed surface; Dia ca 27.5 cm X h 1.9 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Baba Alawode of Iganna
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
before 1948
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
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 15, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 1.9 centimeters and diameter 27.5 centimeters
Comment:
Unused but 4 years old, ako ire. Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-7