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1. Cup

Museum number:
5-15415a-q
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:
a— height 19.7 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
March 1938

2. Divination bag

Museum number:
5-15427a-e
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:
bag— width 14 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
1960

3. Divining seeds

Museum number:
5-15947
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:
max— length 2 centimeters and small— length 1 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

4. Mask

Museum number:
5-14327
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 20.8 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
before 1961

5. Mask

Museum number:
5-14326
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
before 1961

6. Pouch w/ nuts

Museum number:
5-10843a-q
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Pouches
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:
a— width 18 centimeters, a— length 20.8 centimeters, and b-q max.— length 3 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:
before 1969

7. Rattle

Museum number:
5-16753
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
width 2 centimeters, height 2.3 centimeters, and length 95 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria

8. Rattle fragment

Museum number:
5-16755a-ff
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
height 2.5 centimeters, width 2 centimeters, minimum length— length 1.7 centimeters, and length 38.8 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria

9. Rattle fragment

Museum number:
5-16754a-s
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object class:
Musical rattles
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:
height 2.5 centimeters, length 51 centimeters, minimum length— length 13 centimeters, and width 2 centimeters
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria

10. Seed

Museum number:
5-15990
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
unknown

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