Object name: Beads / Collection place: Nigeria / Collector: Berta Bascom / Culture or time period: Western African cultures

1. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16460a-g
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: a-g— length 50.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

2. Beads

Museum number:: 5-15927
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: length 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950-1951

3. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16447
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 68.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16463
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 30.3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

5. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16457
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 24 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

6. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16448a-k
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

7. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16469a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: beads— length 3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

8. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16456
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 114 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16439
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

10. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16454
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 26 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

11. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16458
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 22 centimeters and length 22 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

12. 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

13. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16467
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 19.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

14. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16450a-i
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

15. Beads

Museum number:: 5-15928
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: length 21 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950-1951

16. 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

17. 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

18. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16462
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 33.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

19. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16468
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 19 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

20. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16440
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

21. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16453
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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

23. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16445a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: (b)— length 76.5 centimeters and (a)— length 67 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1950-1951

24. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16441
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

25. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16470
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

26. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16461a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: b— length 20.5 centimeters and a— length 23.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

27. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16455a-g
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: d— length 104 centimeters, f— length 70 centimeters, a— length 104.8 centimeters, c— length 98 centimeters, e— length 104 centimeters, b— length 103 centimeters, and g— length 68 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

28. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16451a,b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

29. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16464a-d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: a— length 20.5 centimeters, d— length 5 centimeters, c— length 3.2 centimeters, and b— length 8 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

30. Beads

Museum number:: 5-16459
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Beads (pierced objects)
Function:: 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

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