Charms

Museum number:
5-10190
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010190
Alternate number:
B-1962 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
charms; set of 5; leather packets connected by leather string; L. each 3-4.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 4.5 centimeters and length 3 centimeters
Comment:
Ife, 1937-38. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-5 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charms, accession number 5-10190, described as charms; set of 5; leather packets connected by leather string; L. each 3-4.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charms, accession number 5-10190, described as charms; set of 5; leather packets connected by leather string; L. each 3-4.5 cm.

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