Beads

Museum number:

5-16445a,b

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Alternate number:

B-2242 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.4739

Object count:

171

Description:

2 strings of dried seed beads, 4 string of 75 seed beads and one joined string of 87 seed beads and 9 loose beads. sepia colored, rough surface; ca 1cm in diameter

Donor:

Berta Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

West Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1950-1951

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

June 23, 2004

Context of use:

Type of bead used to make Muslim prayer beads

Department:

Cat. 5 - Africa (except the Hearst Reisner Egyptian Collection)

Dimensions:

(a)— length 67 centimeters and (b)— length 76.5 centimeters

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