calabash, gourd, globose, unpainted; handcarved bird design in low relief on exterior; geometric design near rim of top and bottom; a) bottom; Rim Dia 23.0 cm b) top; rim dia 22.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nigeria, Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Calabash [remove]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
Wm. Bascom pictures this in his book on the Yoruba (1969:106), where he says that it is "used for serving food." Confirmed by 1.5 category. Divination reference below probably an error. (Ira Jacknis, 5-95).
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
a— diameter 23 centimeters and b— diameter 22.5 centimeters