Cosmetic

Museum number:
5-10263
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010263
Alternate number:
B-2068 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
cosmetic; for eye; galena?
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Lead (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Identified as lead sulfide (galena) by Dick Hay of UCB Geology Department in 1972. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cosmetic, accession number 5-10263, described as cosmetic; for eye; galena?
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cosmetic, accession number 5-10263, described as cosmetic; for eye; galena?

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