Cup

Museum number:
5-15653
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015653
Alternate number:
B-2117 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
divining cup, wood, handcarved; kneeling goat (?) on round base supporting bowl/cup on back and horns; incised designs on goat's rump & flanks; incised dentate design on rim of bowl; H Rim dia 16.1 x h 19.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
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, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.1 centimeters and height 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Halsted slides #99. B/W photo stored with BAscom Collection Index Card File. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-15653, described as divining cup, wood, handcarved; kneeling goat (?) on round base supporting bowl/cup on back and horns; incised designs on goat's rump & flanks; incised dentate design on rim of bowl; H Rim dia 16.1 x h 19.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-15653, described as divining cup, wood, handcarved; kneeling goat (?) on round base supporting bowl/cup on back and horns; incised designs on goat's rump & flanks; incised dentate design on rim of bowl; H Rim dia 16.1 x h 19.5 cm.

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