Wooden hourglass shape cylinder

Museum number:
5-12963
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050012963
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Wooden hourglass shape., Nigeria, Hausa attr. 5-12963, acc no. 2879. File code: 1.0 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Context of use: Function unknown; may be loom weight Description: Carving, wood, hourglass shape; h. 13 cm.
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hourglass shape cylinder, accession number 5-12963, described as Wooden hourglass shape., Nigeria, Hausa attr. 5-12963, acc no. 2879. File code: 1.0 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Context of use: Function unknown; may be loom weight Description: Carving, wood, hourglass shape; h. 13 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden hourglass shape cylinder, accession number 5-12963, described as Wooden hourglass shape., Nigeria, Hausa attr. 5-12963, acc no. 2879. File code: 1.0 Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Context of use: Function unknown; may be loom weight Description: Carving, wood, hourglass shape; h. 13 cm.

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