[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
Green and yellow beads. 2 strands of alternating (39) green and (38) yellow beads on each strand. Each bead is about 1/4 cm long, overall. About 26 cm long.
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
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:
likely used/ worn by worshipper of Yemaja.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
overall— length 26 centimeters and bead— length 0.25 centimeters
Comment:
Likely used/ worn by worshiper of Yemaja. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10