Collection place: Africa / Collector: Berta Bascom / Culture or time period: Western African cultures / Accession number: Acc.3023 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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. Mask

Museum number:: 5-12909
Culture or time period:: Baule
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 44 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1965

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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