divination bowl. wood, carved, polychrome, with hinged lid, lid has a circle of zoomorphic figures combined with geometric elements, bowl sits on a pedestal of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures, cracked in several areas. h. 38 cm. approx., diam. at base 25.2 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.2 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)