5-16317a,b (previous museum number (recataloged from)) and B-1985a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ogboni society figures; pair of Ogboni society figures connected by a chain and mounted on a wooden block, cast brass figures, (a) 1 male, (b) 1 female, each holding a staff and rattle. both have elaborate hair treatment and head pieces
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
NOTE: Wm. Bascom’s own pieces, as member of the society. Illustrated, Bascom African Arts, 1967, #92. Slide. B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)