Bowl and lid

Museum number:
5-15513a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210515513a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-2050a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4557
Description:
bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, figures of snakes around upper edge, on top of lid, a seated female figure, bowl and lid cracked, paint worn away. A) bowl - h. 12 cm., diam. 13.6 cm. approx., B) lid h. 16.2 cm.
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
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— diameter 13.6 centimeters, b— height 16.2 centimeters, and a— height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Shrine originals. Worshipper became Moslem. See also 2051a,b.Halsted photo #103.B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. Also includes a photo of B-2051.Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-15-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bowl and lid, accession number 5-15513a,b, described as bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, figures of snakes around upper edge, on top of lid, a seated female figure, bowl and lid cracked, paint worn away. A) bowl - h. 12 cm., diam. 13.6 cm. approx., B) lid h. 16.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bowl and lid, accession number 5-15513a,b, described as bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, figures of snakes around upper edge, on top of lid, a seated female figure, bowl and lid cracked, paint worn away. A) bowl - h. 12 cm., diam. 13.6 cm. approx., B) lid h. 16.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bowl and lid, accession number 5-15513a,b, described as bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, figures of snakes around upper edge, on top of lid, a seated female figure, bowl and lid cracked, paint worn away. A) bowl - h. 12 cm., diam. 13.6 cm. approx., B) lid h. 16.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl and lid, accession number 5-15513a,b, described as bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, figures of snakes around upper edge, on top of lid, a seated female figure, bowl and lid cracked, paint worn away. A) bowl - h. 12 cm., diam. 13.6 cm. approx., B) lid h. 16.2 cm.

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