Amber

Museum number:
5-15974
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015974
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
amber (?). several pieces, natural forms, some very small pieces.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Amber (fossil resin)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Amber, accession number 5-15974, described as amber (?). several pieces, natural forms, some very small pieces.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Amber, accession number 5-15974, described as amber (?). several pieces, natural forms, some very small pieces.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amber, accession number 5-15974, described as amber (?). several pieces, natural forms, some very small pieces.

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