[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Giant, wooden spoon. Stained, handle carved in shape of human legs and simplified torso. Total L = 1.0M
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Dan
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “74”. Not a Bascom number. Appears to be a dealer number. Murdock 33:16 NOTE: Arrived broken into 3 pieces and mended at Hearst Museum. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, btwn 124 & 125
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)