Bronze handle

Museum number:
5-16409
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016409
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Yoruba, bronze handle in shape of human face. narrow, slanted eyes, broad nose, small mouth, pointed hat, wooden core, mounted on modern plastic stand.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Bronze (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 13 centimeters, height 2.3 centimeters, and width 2.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bronze handle, accession number 5-16409, described as Yoruba, bronze handle in shape of human face. narrow, slanted eyes, broad nose, small mouth, pointed hat, wooden core, mounted on modern plastic stand.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bronze handle, accession number 5-16409, described as Yoruba, bronze handle in shape of human face. narrow, slanted eyes, broad nose, small mouth, pointed hat, wooden core, mounted on modern plastic stand.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bronze handle, accession number 5-16409, described as Yoruba, bronze handle in shape of human face. narrow, slanted eyes, broad nose, small mouth, pointed hat, wooden core, mounted on modern plastic stand.

Tools