Container

Museum number:
5-6007a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056007a@2cb
Alternate number:
C20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2263
Description:
Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.
Donor:
The Calvin K. and Doreen B. Townsend Donation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Cameroon; Ba-Mun (Murdock...30:7)
Collector:
Harry H. Rayfield
Collection date:
Dec. 1966
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 5-6007a,b, described as Covered wood oil container; a) base w/ vertical panels of carved people and lizards in deep relief; carved wood handle w/finial; H. 40 cm; b) lid w/ 2 lizards in low relief; carved handle; rim dia. 18.5 cm. Collected Dec. 1966.

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