Cushion

Museum number:
5-11848
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011848
Alternate number:
B-1153 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2988
Description:
hassock or cushion; black leather; applique geom. and curvilinear designs on top surrounded by fringe; straw stuffing; l. 93 cm., w. 38 cm., h. 21 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell 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
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
September 14, 1973
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters, width 38 centimeters, and length 93 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131D (Murdock 31:31); now located 20A Mez, 124, on top
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-11848, described as hassock or cushion; black leather; applique geom. and curvilinear designs on top surrounded by fringe; straw stuffing; l. 93 cm., w. 38 cm., h. 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-11848, described as hassock or cushion; black leather; applique geom. and curvilinear designs on top surrounded by fringe; straw stuffing; l. 93 cm., w. 38 cm., h. 21 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-11848, described as hassock or cushion; black leather; applique geom. and curvilinear designs on top surrounded by fringe; straw stuffing; l. 93 cm., w. 38 cm., h. 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cushion, accession number 5-11848, described as hassock or cushion; black leather; applique geom. and curvilinear designs on top surrounded by fringe; straw stuffing; l. 93 cm., w. 38 cm., h. 21 cm.

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