Headdress

Museum number:
5-15999
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1274 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba; Purchased from Bill Pearson
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
attached with perishable material to head during ceremony.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-6
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-15999, described as carving. headdress. hollow bowl base with holes around base. cylindrical neck on bowl center with head. head is deep with large elaborate coiffature resembling a cock's comb. facial scarification on cheeks and chin. lips come to a point in the front. ears are set back on the [handwritten on card: head] [Purchased, $184.50 ($175 + $9.45 tax), 1970.]

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