Object class: Carvings (visual works) / Year collected: [Missing] / Donor: Joan Wescott - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Carvings (visual works) Year collected [Missing] Donor Joan Wescott

1. Board

Museum number:: 5-15237
Culture or time period:: Jarawa
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria

2. Cane/staff

Museum number:: 11-43911
Culture or time period:: New Guinea, Papua Island
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: width 4.5 centimeters and length 110 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Milne Bay Province, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea

3. Carved wooden object

Museum number:: 5-15303
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Carved wooden paddle

Museum number:: 11-43918
Culture or time period:: Melanesian
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Dimensions:: width 13 centimeters and length 72 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: New Caledonia

5. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15217
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 71.3 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

6. Dancing staff

Museum number:: 5-15218
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 31.7 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14864b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oshogbo, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

8. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14884
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 26 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Ijebu State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

9. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14864a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 27.4 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Oshogbo, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

10. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-14887
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Ere ibeji
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 25.5 centimeters
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown