Beads
- Museum number:
- 5-16461a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210516461a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 5-16461 and B-2263a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- two strings of white beads
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Nigeria
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Shell (animal material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Beads (pierced objects)
- Function:
- 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- b— length 20.5 centimeters and a— length 23.5 centimeters
- Images:
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