Divining cup

Museum number:

5-2588a

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Accession number:

Acc.1683

Description:

Old Yoruba divining cup; two seated figures.

Donor:

William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Republic of Benin

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Dahomey; Yoruba (tr.)

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1944

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies

Accession date:

1962

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)