Bone whistle w/cowries

Museum number:
5-15799
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2083 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4661
Description:
Carved bone whisttle with multiple strands of corwies shells attached. (orisha oko alarere)L = 14.0cm, W = 2.8vm. (Oyo, 750, 1951).
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Oyo
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 12, 1994
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Formerly numbered 2083 and 2022. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-9-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bone whistle w/cowries, accession number 5-15799, described as Carved bone whisttle with multiple strands of corwies shells attached. (orisha oko alarere)L = 14.0cm, W = 2.8vm. (Oyo, 750, 1951).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone whistle w/cowries, accession number 5-15799, described as Carved bone whisttle with multiple strands of corwies shells attached. (orisha oko alarere)L = 14.0cm, W = 2.8vm. (Oyo, 750, 1951).

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