Wooden ostrich

Museum number:
5-3433
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-455 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
carved wooden ostrich; unpainted; 15" high.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ijebu State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ijebu area; Yoruba (Collected in Lagos)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1940s?
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 38.1 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-9
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965) and S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden ostrich, accession number 5-3433, described as carved wooden ostrich; unpainted; 15" high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden ostrich, accession number 5-3433, described as carved wooden ostrich; unpainted; 15" high.

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