Bird cage

Museum number:
5-15623
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Bird cage, scrap metal. Open-slatted cylindrical body, with conical perforated "roof," and flat, solid bottom. Roost at center. Hinged door at bottom. "Rosen" dye-stamped into rood. Height circa 50.0 cm, Diameter 29.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa; Tanzania
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Birdcages (animal containers)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bird cage, accession number 5-15623, described as Bird cage, scrap metal. Open-slatted cylindrical body, with conical perforated "roof," and flat, solid bottom. Roost at center. Hinged door at bottom. "Rosen" dye-stamped into rood. Height circa 50.0 cm, Diameter 29.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird cage, accession number 5-15623, described as Bird cage, scrap metal. Open-slatted cylindrical body, with conical perforated "roof," and flat, solid bottom. Roost at center. Hinged door at bottom. "Rosen" dye-stamped into rood. Height circa 50.0 cm, Diameter 29.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania.

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