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2. Bag

Museum number:: 5-10841
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Maker or artist:: Araba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 27.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Agana, Benue State, Nigeria
Collection date:: March 1938

3. Beads

Museum number:: 5-15970
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Dimensions:: width 1.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

4. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-15503
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Dimensions:: diameter 32.5 centimeters and height 19 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

5. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-12979
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 35.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

6. Divining bell tapper

Museum number:: 5-15495
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
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
Dimensions:: length 28.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Divining chains

Museum number:: 5-16014
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: free hanging strands— length 7 centimeters and chain— length 106 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

8. Mask

Museum number:: 5-13706
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 32 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1972

9. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12913
Culture or time period:: Ba Kuba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: height 46 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection date:: 1968

10. Mirror case

Museum number:: 5-15946
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:: width 15.5 centimeters, depth 4.5 centimeters, and height 34.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1971

11. Necklace

Museum number:: 5-16015
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Necklaces
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: ?— diameter 39 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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