Collection place: Western Africa / Function: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Base

Museum number:: 5-10280c
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

2. Base

Museum number:: 5-10280d
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1937

3. Basketry cap

Museum number:: 5-13017
Culture or time period:: Sherbro
Object class:: Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: E. C. Lemmon
Collection place:: Sherbro Mission, Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone
Collection date:: 1884

4. Carved wooden stick

Museum number:: 5-5851
Culture or time period:: Gola
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collector:: Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:: Liberia

5. Chair

Museum number:: 5-7946
Culture or time period:: Loma
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Collection place:: Bokeza village, Liberia
Collection date:: 1964-65

6. Crown

Museum number:: 5-15899
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: height 10.6 centimeters and diameter 17.5 centimeters
Collector:: Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: unknown

7. Crown

Museum number:: 5-2600
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 20.32 centimeters and height 29.21 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Southern Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

8. Cushion

Museum number:: 5-12979
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: diameter 35.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ife, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

9. Flywhisk

Museum number:: 5-15422
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Fly whisks
Maker or artist:: Oke Akanbi
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: height 18.5 centimeters and length 62 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1960

10. Hammer

Museum number:: 5-3313
Culture or time period:: Dan
Object class:: Hammers (tools)
Function:: 3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Dimensions:: length 20.5 centimeters
Collector:: William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: July 1963