Cup

Museum number:
5-12901
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050012901
Alternate number:
B-1924 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3023
Description:
divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Igana; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Pigment and Wood (plant material)
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 14, 1973
Context of use:
used in Ifa divination
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 19.4 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131C (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-12901, described as divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-12901, described as divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cup, accession number 5-12901, described as divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-12901, described as divining cup, carved wood w/ gentian blue, red-brown and white pigmentation; squatting carved rooster surmounted by round bowl; oval base w/ zigzag edge; h. 19.4 cm.

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