Rings
- Museum number:
- 5-15693a-bb
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210515693a@2dbb
- Alternate number:
- B-2060 a - z & aa, bb (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4614
- Description:
- rings (28), finger (?); twisted wrought iron; ends not closed; Dia 2.4 cm
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Rings (finger jewelry)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- December 15, 1993
- Context of use:
- for protection, charms, medicine.
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- diameter 2.4 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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