Culture or time period: Yoruba cluster / Accession year: [Missing]

31. Castle (black)

Museum number:: 5-14256h
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:: Helen McLaren
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

32. Castle (black)

Museum number:: 5-14256g
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:: Helen McLaren
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

33. Castle (white)

Museum number:: 5-14256x
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:: Helen McLaren
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

34. Castle (white)

Museum number:: 5-14256w
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:: Helen McLaren
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

35. Chess set

Museum number:: 5-14256a-ff
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bishops (chess pieces), Chessboards, Kings (chess pieces), Knights (chess pieces), Pawns (chess pieces), Queens (chess pieces), and Rooks (chess pieces)
Function:: 5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Dimensions:: tallest— height 8 centimeters and smallest— height 4.8 centimeters
Collector:: Helen McLaren
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

36. Cover

Museum number:: 5-14937b
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
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: before 1948

37. Cover

Museum number:: 5-13249b
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
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

38. Cowrie strand

Museum number:: 5-15317b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

39. Cowrie strand

Museum number:: 5-15317a
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Joan Wescott
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

40. Crown

Museum number:: 5-15420
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 16 centimeters, length 26 centimeters, and diameter 17 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

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