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1. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5669
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

2. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-13088
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: China

3. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5474
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

4. Altarcloth

Museum number:: 9-13089
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 81 centimeters and width 103 centimeters
Collector:: Daniel A. Damkroeger
Collection place:: China
Collection date:: ca. 1900-1902

5. Altar cloth

Museum number:: 9-5671
Culture or time period:: Japanese
Object class:: Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

6. Altar cover

Museum number:: 7-6699
Culture or time period:: European
Object class:: Altar cloths
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:: 18th century
Dimensions:: length 88 inches and width 29 inches
Collection place:: Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Collection date:: 1906

7. Altarpiece

Museum number:: 9-8161
Object class:: Altarpieces
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 19.8 centimeters
Collection place:: China

8. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:: 9-5682
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

9. Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:: 9-5683
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: 1909

10. Altar with figurine

Museum number:: 9-8157
Object class:: Altars (religious fixtures) and Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 23.5 centimeters
Collection place:: Japan

11. Amulet

Museum number:: 2-4885b
Culture or time period:: Comanche
Object class:: Amulets
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection place:: Great Plains, North America
Collection date:: 1901

12. Ancestor figurine

Museum number:: 18-989
Culture or time period:: Malaysian
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Malaysia

13. Ancestor figurine

Museum number:: 18-962
Culture or time period:: Malaysian
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Malaysia

14. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3819
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Aguleri, Nigeria

15. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3817
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

16. Ancestral figure

Museum number:: 5-3818
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Ancestor figures (devotional objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Nnewi-ichi, Nigeria

17. Anthropomorphic figurine

Museum number:: 3-29106
Culture or time period:: Kuna
Object class:: Anthropomorphic and Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: San Blas Islands, Panama

18. Anthropomorphic figurine

Museum number:: 3-29107
Culture or time period:: Kuna
Object class:: Anthropomorphic, Figurines, Lizards, and Snakes
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: San Blas Islands, Panama

19. Apron

Museum number:: 1-967
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Aprons (main garments)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hostler Ranch, Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County
Collection date:: July 30, 1901

20. Apron

Museum number:: 1-1012
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Dance aprons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: August 1, 1901

21. Arms

Museum number:: 2-4606.1
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Figurines and Fragments (object portions)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Collection date:: 1898

22. Arrow

Museum number:: 16-9529
Culture or time period:: Shipibo-Conibo
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Michael J. Harner
Collection place:: Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru

23. Arrow

Museum number:: 16-9528
Culture or time period:: Shipibo-Conibo
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Michael J. Harner
Collection place:: Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru

24. 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

25. Bag

Museum number:: 3-25539a,b
Culture or time period:: Wixáritari (Huichol)
Object class:: Bags (generic containers)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: b— width 26.5 centimeters, a— length 79 centimeters, b— length 8.5 centimeters, and a— width 20 centimeters
Collector:: Daphne Stern
Collection place:: Nayarit, Mexico

26. Balio or prayer stick

Museum number:: 2-8944
Culture or time period:: Hopi
Object class:: Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Kate S. Cory
Collection place:: Arizona
Collection date:: 1907

27. Balio or prayer stick

Object status:: Deaccessioned
Museum number:: 2-8938
Culture or time period:: Hopi
Object class:: Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Kate S. Cory
Collection place:: Arizona
Collection date:: 1907

28. Balio or prayer stick

Museum number:: 2-8943
Culture or time period:: Hopi
Object class:: Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Kate S. Cory
Collection place:: Arizona
Collection date:: 1907

29. Balio or prayer stick

Museum number:: 2-8940
Culture or time period:: Hopi
Object class:: Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Kate S. Cory
Collection place:: Arizona
Collection date:: 1907

30. Balio or prayer stick

Museum number:: 2-8939
Culture or time period:: Hopi
Object class:: Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Kate S. Cory
Collection place:: Arizona
Collection date:: 1907

31. Balloons

Museum number:: 9-11635a,b
Culture or time period:: Indian
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 3.7 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: Delhi State, India
Collection date:: September 1969

32. Basket

Museum number:: 1-71030
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 12 inches and height 5 inches
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Northwestern California
Collection date:: 1900-1944

33. Basket

Museum number:: 5-1658
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Baskets (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Igor Kopytoff
Collection place:: Central Africa

34. Basket

Museum number:: 18-26
Culture or time period:: Dayak peoples and Indonesian
Object class:: Baskets (containers)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Headwaters of the Kayan River, North Kalimantan, Borneo

35. Beaded figurine

Museum number:: 5-14397
Culture or time period:: Ndebele
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects) and Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Republic of South Africa

36. Bead ornament

Museum number:: 5-5928
Culture or time period:: Loma
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:: Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:: Liberia

37. 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

38. Beads

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

39. Beads

Museum number:: 9-9571
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
Collection place:: China

40. Beads

Museum number:: 5-14083
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
Collection place:: Nigeria

41. Beads

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

42. Beads

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:: overall— length 26 centimeters and bead— length 0.25 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

43. Beads on string

Museum number:: 9-13354
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:: Albert M. Bender
Collection place:: China

44. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11710
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

45. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11714
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 3.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

46. Bell

Museum number:: 5-15421
Culture or time period:: Benin and Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

47. Bell with clapper

Museum number:: 9-12917
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Gujarat State, India
Person depicted:: Vishnu (Hindu deity)

48. Bell with clapper

Museum number:: 5-13051a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: a— length 32.2 centimeters and b— length 3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1969

49. Belt

Museum number:: 3-28265
Culture or time period:: Mexican
Object class:: Amulets, Belts (costume accessories), and Embroidery (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 8.5 centimeters and length 119 centimeters
Collection place:: Mexico

50. Belt

Museum number:: 2-22368
Culture or time period:: Arapaho and Shoshone
Object class:: Belts (costume accessories)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 8 centimeters and 1 centimeters
Collector:: Mr. Roy Nash
Collection place:: Wyoming

51. Bird figurine

Museum number:: 5-10122
Object class:: Figurines
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Hortense Powdermaker
Collection place:: Zimbabwe

52. Bladder

Museum number:: 2-5243
Culture or time period:: Omaha
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Francis La Flesche
Collection place:: Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Collection date:: 1901-1902
Taxon:: Bison bison

53. Blanket

Museum number:: 1-866
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 28, 1901
Taxon:: Odocoileus

54. Blanket

Museum number:: 1-867
Culture or time period:: Hupa
Object class:: Blankets (coverings)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 28, 1901
Taxon:: Odocoileus

55. Board

Museum number:: 1-839
Culture or time period:: Hupa
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 72 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 27, 1901
Taxon:: Sequoia sempervirens

56. Board

Museum number:: 1-840
Culture or time period:: Hupa
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 76 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 27, 1901
Taxon:: Sequoia sempervirens

57. Board

Museum number:: 1-838
Culture or time period:: Hupa
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 70.2 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:: Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:: July 27, 1901
Taxon:: Sequoia sempervirens

58. Bone whistle w/cowries

Museum number:: 5-15799
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
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria

59. Bonnet

Museum number:: 9-11238
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Baby bonnets
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 16 centimeters and width 13 centimeters
Collector:: Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection place:: Beawar, Ajmer district, Rajasthan
Collection date:: 1969-1970

60. Book: fragmentary

Museum number:: 9-273
Object class:: Books
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:: Asia
Collection date:: unknown

61. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11631
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: closed— length 39.7 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: New Delhi, Delhi State, India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

62. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11629
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 17.5 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

63. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11627
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 20 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

64. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11625
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 18 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

65. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11630
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

66. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11632
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: closed— length 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

67. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11626
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 14.5 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Collection date:: January 1969

68. Bottle

Museum number:: 9-11628
Culture or time period:: Indian
Object class:: Bottles
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 30 centimeters
Collector:: Richard Lerner
Collection place:: India
Collection date:: 1968-1970

69. Bow

Museum number:: 16-9521
Culture or time period:: Shipibo-Conibo
Object class:: Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Michael J. Harner
Collection place:: Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru

70. Bow

Museum number:: 16-9522
Culture or time period:: Shipibo-Conibo
Object class:: Bowstrings and Bows (weapons)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Michael J. Harner
Collection place:: Imiria Cocha (lake) Rio Tamaya, tributary of Rio Ucayali, Peru

71. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-15514
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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:: height 38 centimeters and diameter 25.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1943

72. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-14086a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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:: a,b— height 25 centimeters and a,b— diameter 38 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

73. Bowl

Museum number:: 9-17920
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Iran (Persia)

74. Bowl

Museum number:: 5-13499
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Aswan, Upper Egypt
Collection date:: 1964-1965

75. Bowl

Museum number:: 9-5338
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: China

76. Bowl

Museum number:: 9-12153
Culture or time period:: Parsi
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India

77. Bowl and cover

Museum number:: 5-13249a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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:: diameter 32 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

78. Bowl and lid

Museum number:: 5-15513a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and 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:: a— diameter 13.6 centimeters, a— height 12 centimeters, and b— height 16.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

79. Bowl, porcelain

Museum number:: 9-21007
Object class:: Bowls (vessels) and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Japan

80. Box

Museum number:: 9-17792
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Object class:: Boxes (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Dragons
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: China

81. Box

Museum number:: 2-3874
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 11.8 centimeters, width 7 centimeters, and height 4 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nunivak Island, Bethel Borough, Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

82. Box

Museum number:: 2-3877
Culture or time period:: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 6.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: British Columbia, Canada
Collection date:: 1898

83. Box

Museum number:: 9-12912
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Kerala State, India
Person depicted:: Vishnu (Hindu deity)

84. Box

Museum number:: 2-10426a,b
Culture or time period:: Zuni
Object class:: Boxes (containers) and 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 61.5 centimeters, depth 7 centimeters, and width 8.8 centimeters
Collector:: Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:: Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Collection date:: 1918

85. Bracelet

Museum number:: 5-15959
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bracelets (jewelry)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

86. Brass castings

Museum number:: 5-15963a,b
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:: b— length 14.2 centimeters and a— length 14.4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

87. Brass castings

Museum number:: 5-15961a,b
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:: b— length 10.3 centimeters and a— length 9.4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

88. Brass cross

Museum number:: 5-1499
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Ethiopia

89. Brass icon

Museum number:: 7-5619
Object class:: Dragons and Icons (devotional images)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Russia

90. Brass idol

Museum number:: 9-6439
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Frank Trottier
Collection place:: Gujarat State, India
Collection date:: unknown
Person depicted:: Krishna (Hindu deity)

91. Brazier

Museum number:: 3-26910
Object class:: Braziers (cooking, heating equipment), Incense burners, and Liturgical braziers
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daphne Stern
Collection place:: Central America

92. Breastplate (body armor)

Museum number:: 9-13312
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Karnataka State, India

93. Buddha

Museum number:: 9-6739
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Camille J. Ehrenfels and Henry Ehrenfels
Collection place:: Japan
Collection date:: before January 19, 1966

94. Buddha

Museum number:: 9-136
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Collection date:: unknown

95. Buddha head

Museum number:: 18-1392
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Stephen T. Colman
Collection place:: Malaysia

96. Buddha, metal

Museum number:: 9-1988
Culture or time period:: Chinese
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: China

97. Bull roarer

Museum number:: 5-5745a,b
Object class:: Bull-roarers
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Africa

98. Bundle of wicks

Museum number:: 9-11816
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Maharashtra State, India

99. Bundle of wicks

Museum number:: 9-11817
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:: Maharashtra State, India

100. Bust

Museum number:: 5-4492
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Busts (sculpture)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley
Collection place:: Central Africa

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