Beads

Museum number:
5-15970
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-521 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
beads. red glass beads. 14 light red and 4 dark red. each bead is about 1.3 cm long. on string.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glass (material)
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 15, 1995
Context of use:
worn or used by a worshipper of Shango
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 1.3 centimeters
Comment:
Berta Bascom note: As of 3-13-87 in drawer 5-11. Donated to Hearst Museum in 1995; PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 5-15970, described as beads. red glass beads. 14 light red and 4 dark red. each bead is about 1.3 cm long. on string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads, accession number 5-15970, described as beads. red glass beads. 14 light red and 4 dark red. each bead is about 1.3 cm long. on string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 5-15970, described as beads. red glass beads. 14 light red and 4 dark red. each bead is about 1.3 cm long. on string.

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