Bottle plug

Museum number:
5-10219
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010219
Alternate number:
B-1959 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
bottle plug; clay; sculptured top; H. 9 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Ife, Collected 1937-38. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-4 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bottle plug, accession number 5-10219, described as bottle plug; clay; sculptured top; H. 9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle plug, accession number 5-10219, described as bottle plug; clay; sculptured top; H. 9 cm.

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