Door

Museum number:
5-14605
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014605
Alternate number:
B1232 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3855
Description:
door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria (att.); Yoruba (attr.); Purchased from Tunkara of Ghana (San Francisco, 1969).
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1969
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Carvings (visual works), and Twined weaving
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 76 centimeters and height 134 centimeters
Loans:
S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969), S1970-1971 #150: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (October 23, 1970–May 18, 1971), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Door, accession number 5-14605, described as door, carved wood. Scenes of people and animals arranged in 5 horizontal registers, carved in very high relief. Top register: 2 men on bicycles, 3 men standing and one upside down. 2nd register: 2 men on bicycles, 1 man on a horse, 1 standing man, 1 kneeling figure. 3rd register: 1 double-headed animal, 1 man on horse, 2 standing figures and 2 entwined figures. 4th: 6 human figures and 2 large felines including 1 climbing a tree and 2 women (?) pounding grain (?). 5th: 1 man with a leashed animal, 1 standing man, 2 entwined figures and 2 kneeling figures. h. 134 cm. x w. 76 cm.

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