Figure

Museum number:
5-10164
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010164
Alternate number:
B-1852 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
Tortoise figure, made of intestines and hide. 1937-38. 8.0cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-5-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-10164, described as Tortoise figure, made of intestines and hide. 1937-38. 8.0cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 5-10164, described as Tortoise figure, made of intestines and hide. 1937-38. 8.0cm

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