Charm

Museum number:
5-10188
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010188
Alternate number:
B-558 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
charm; gourd pear-shaped container; covered with cloth; bound with string and strung cowrie shells; string handle; contains seeds?; H. 7.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Badagry, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Badagry; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1942
Materials:
Cowrie shell
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
thief's charm from exhibit in court trial (Exhibit X 62 No. 78/41) at Badagry
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-5 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-10188, described as charm; gourd pear-shaped container; covered with cloth; bound with string and strung cowrie shells; string handle; contains seeds?; H. 7.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 5-10188, described as charm; gourd pear-shaped container; covered with cloth; bound with string and strung cowrie shells; string handle; contains seeds?; H. 7.5 cm.

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