Edan
- Museum number:
- 5-15685
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050015685
- Alternate number:
- B-2082 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4614
- Description:
- 'Edan' (paired castings), iron; spear/awl shaped with perforation in blade; L 7.1 cm
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Ilaro, Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ilaro
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- 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:
- 'Edan Osun'; see 5-15683
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 7.1 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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