Thorn
- Museum number:
- 5-16373
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016373
- Alternate number:
- B-1035 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- thorn from the silk cotton tree, from which Yoruba thorn carvings are made; somewhat trimmed, base flattened.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) and Silk
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Context of use:
- Raw material for Yoruba thorn carvings
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 7.5 centimeters, width 7.3 centimeters, and length 3.9 centimeters
- Images:
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