Beads

Museum number:
5-15960
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015960
Alternate number:
B-2191 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
green beads. small beads of various values, some transparent (1 bead is pink), [handwritten on card: strung] on a piece of string. about 75 cm long.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used by an 'Oshun' worshipper, however, card says maybe 'Yemoja' because the beads are green, not [handwritten on card: yellow]
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 75 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-11
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Beads, accession number 5-15960, described as green beads. small beads of various values, some transparent (1 bead is pink), [handwritten on card: strung] on a piece of string. about 75 cm long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Beads, accession number 5-15960, described as green beads. small beads of various values, some transparent (1 bead is pink), [handwritten on card: strung] on a piece of string. about 75 cm long.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Beads, accession number 5-15960, described as green beads. small beads of various values, some transparent (1 bead is pink), [handwritten on card: strung] on a piece of string. about 75 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 5-15960, described as green beads. small beads of various values, some transparent (1 bead is pink), [handwritten on card: strung] on a piece of string. about 75 cm long.

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