5-16443 and B-2234 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
37
Description:
Yoruba warri game board w/ 35 game pieces (nuts) game board (a) & 35 playing pieces (b). carved wood: long rectangular board w/ 13 cups; 12 round and 1 long oval. board handle carved in the form of a man's head w/ pointed, decorated conical hat. board stands on 4 squat legs.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Nut and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
game playing. gift of Chief Ogboni, per donors' records; carved by Ilesha (?)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 15.5 centimeters, height 7.5 centimeters, and length 67 centimeters