Beads

Museum number:
5-14083
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014083
Alternate number:
B-2325 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
Muslim prayer beads ( Oyo 1950-51) Wood and blue stone.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria, unspec.; Muslim
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
cf 1774 and 2242; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-3-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 5-14083, described as Muslim prayer beads ( Oyo 1950-51) Wood and blue stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 5-14083, described as Muslim prayer beads ( Oyo 1950-51) Wood and blue stone.

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