Adze

Museum number:

5-4054

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ark:/21549/hm21050004054

Alternate number:

B-2980 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.1950

Description:

woodcarver's adze; wide blade; for roughing out figures; 40.5 cm. long.

Donor:

William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Southern Nigerians; Yoruba cluster; Yoruba

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1960

Materials:

Iron (metal)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Adzes

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

1964

Context of use:

made of locally smelted iron (koko irin) and marked with the carver's name "OKE". collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria.

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 40.5 centimeters

Comment:

Murdoch: 31:31. collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria. 5-4053-56 comprise a Yoruba woodcarver's set of tools. Slide cf. 2979, 2981, 2982; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-5

Loans:

S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown), S1964-1965 #89: California State University, Chico (April 21, 1965–August 6, 1965), S1965-1966 #9: California State University, East Bay (August 10, 1965–October 10, 1965), and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)

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