divining bell/ tapper, ivory, handcarved; seated figure of woman with conical hat (?), mounted on square base with long cylindrical handle (?); L 21.5 cm X Dia 3.3 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo or Ibadan
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
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
Context of use:
cf. pl. Bascom, pl 13-a, b
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 21.5 centimeters and diameter 3.3 centimeters
Comment:
Inoke = tapper (Yoruba), Duga is a carver maybe he did this? Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-4