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Object Number
23-33-50/B3550
Display Title
Divination basket of fetishes
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Divination basket, woven coiled fiber with white spots on exterior, variety of c
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Mbundu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Angola
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 19.8 x 19.7 cm (2 3/8 x 7 13/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Quantity
25
Label on object
B-3550
Provenance
Collector
William C. Bell
(before 1923)
Seller
William C. Bell
(1923)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-50/53236 | Bundle of fetishes |
Bundle
|
Africa
| |
| 21-28-50/B2851 | Man's necklace with fetishes |
Necklace
|
Cameroon
| |
| 985-27-10/59544 | Medicine man's fetishes. |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
| 20-29-50/B2215 | Fetishes |
Raw Material
Charm |
Cameroon
| |
| 985-27-10/59055.1 | Leather bag filled w/ fetishes and bundles. 14 pieces (fetishes) are stone of |
Bag
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
| 985-27-10/59054.1 | Buckskin bag w/ 7 stone fetishes. Bag has narrow opening, orange pigment |
Bag
|
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
| |
| 23-33-50/B3552.10 | Miscellaneous fetishes |
Charm
Raw Material |
Angola
| |
| 39-93-60/6018 | Brass cymbal - leather handle hung with printed cloth & fetishes |
Percussion
|
Likiang
| |
| 28-52-30/F706 | Fetishes |
Ornament
Raw Material |
Colombia
| |
| 986-28-10/59706 | Necklace, 1 strand of tortoise shell & turq. heishi interspersed w/ fetishes |
Necklace
|
New Mexico
| |
| 23-33-50/B3552.4 | Miscellaneous fetishes |
Charm
Raw Material |
Angola
| |
| 23-33-50/B3552.9 | Miscellaneous fetishes |
Raw Material
Charm |
Angola
|