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Start Over Media available legacy documentation Collector Berta Bascom Culture or time period Yoruba cluster Accession number Acc.3023

1. Cocoon

Museum number:
5-12905
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938

2. Cup

Museum number:
5-12901
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
height 19.4 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1938

3. Fan

Museum number:
5-12900
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:
height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1965

4. Figurine

Museum number:
5-12902
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Dimensions:
height 54 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1960

5. Net bag

Museum number:
5-12906
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Nets (objects)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

6. Skein

Museum number:
5-12903
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
1951

7. Skeins

Museum number:
5-12904a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
b— length 10 centimeters and a— length 92 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1951