Divining tray

Museum number:
5-15648
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1908 (original number) and B-1913 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Object count:
1
Description:
divining tray, wood, round, flat; depressed center with 4.5 cm handcarved rim with design in low relief; face of Eshu at top, surrounded by interwoven motif, interspersed with figures of turtles and armadillos (?); Dia 29.5 cm X H 1.7 cm (cf pl. 11, Bascom see below)
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba; From Baba Alawode of Iganna
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
March 1948
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 1.7 centimeters and diameter 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: The ‘Courier-Journal', Louisville, 31 March 1940, Rotogravure Section, Pg. 7. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-7
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-15648, described as divining tray, wood, round, flat; depressed center with 4.5 cm handcarved rim with design in low relief; face of Eshu at top, surrounded by interwoven motif, interspersed with figures of turtles and armadillos (?); Dia 29.5 cm X H 1.7 cm (cf pl. 11, Bascom see below)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-15648, described as divining tray, wood, round, flat; depressed center with 4.5 cm handcarved rim with design in low relief; face of Eshu at top, surrounded by interwoven motif, interspersed with figures of turtles and armadillos (?); Dia 29.5 cm X H 1.7 cm (cf pl. 11, Bascom see below)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Divining tray, accession number 5-15648, described as divining tray, wood, round, flat; depressed center with 4.5 cm handcarved rim with design in low relief; face of Eshu at top, surrounded by interwoven motif, interspersed with figures of turtles and armadillos (?); Dia 29.5 cm X H 1.7 cm (cf pl. 11, Bascom see below)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Divining tray, accession number 5-15648, described as divining tray, wood, round, flat; depressed center with 4.5 cm handcarved rim with design in low relief; face of Eshu at top, surrounded by interwoven motif, interspersed with figures of turtles and armadillos (?); Dia 29.5 cm X H 1.7 cm (cf pl. 11, Bascom see below)

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