Shackles

Museum number:
5-15689
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2072a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
Shackles, iron; two "U" shaped loops, with ends hammered over iron bar; length: 3.1 cm; width: 2.7 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ibadan
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wrought iron (iron alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shackles
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 medicine" as per 5-15688
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 3.1 centimeters and width 2.7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shackles, accession number 5-15689, described as Shackles, iron; two "U" shaped loops, with ends hammered over iron bar; length: 3.1 cm; width: 2.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shackles, accession number 5-15689, described as Shackles, iron; two "U" shaped loops, with ends hammered over iron bar; length: 3.1 cm; width: 2.7 cm.

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