brass divining bells, cast. base is cylindrical which ends in a point. upper half features a woman nursing a child. bell is formed by her headdress, which contains a small clapper
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938?
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Religious/magic/ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 4.5 centimeters, width 6.5 centimeters, and length 43 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, Ifa Divination, 1969, plate 13B Biebuyck, Tradition and Creativity in Tribal Art., 1969, plates 75 a/bSlidePhoto: Halsted, #68.B/W photos (2) stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File.