Fly-switch

Museum number:
5-14075
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1779 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
fly-switch. cow-tail with leather wrapped handle and leather thong for carrying. lg. - 55 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba; collected at Badagry
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Leather
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 8, 1980
Context of use:
used by diviner
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 55 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-7 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fly-switch, accession number 5-14075, described as fly-switch. cow-tail with leather wrapped handle and leather thong for carrying. lg. - 55 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly-switch, accession number 5-14075, described as fly-switch. cow-tail with leather wrapped handle and leather thong for carrying. lg. - 55 cm.

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