pieces of light colored fabric, cowries, several kinds of seed pods, a bone bead, some beads/pods are strung, dried pieces of grass, raffia and newspaper.
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:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shell samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
According to Berta Bascom, May, 1995, these materials were purchased and collected by William to use in the restoration of his collection.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
According to Mrs. Bascom, objects were purchased and collected by Dr. Bascom to use in restoration of his collection. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10