Object name: Beads / Media available: legacy documentation / Collection place: Nigeria / Collector: Berta Bascom

Museum number:: 5-15960
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:: length 75 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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

Museum number:: 5-15972
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
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 5-15969
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:: bead— length 0.25 centimeters and overall— length 26 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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