Divining tray

Museum number:
5-1744
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001744
Alternate number:
B-2194 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
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:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
whole— depth 1.5 inches, whole— width 15 inches, whole— length 15.5 inches, and whole— diameter 39.37 centimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #131: Department of Art (UC Davis) (May 10, 1972–June 13, 1972) and S2015-2016 #2: Berkeley Art Museum (February 18, 2015–June 7, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-1744, described as wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-1744, described as wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-1744, described as wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Divining tray, accession number 5-1744, described as wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Divining tray, accession number 5-1744, described as wooden divining tray; face carved on one edge; approx. 15 1/2" dia. [handwritten on card: 39.5 cm dia.]

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