Pulley

Museum number:
5-3186
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden pulley handle (spool missing). Handle in the form of 2 opposing horned animal heads. H = 5.5”
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 14.93 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index nuimber. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pulley, accession number 5-3186, described as Carved wooden pulley handle (spool missing). Handle in the form of 2 opposing horned animal heads. H = 5.5”Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pulley, accession number 5-3186, described as Carved wooden pulley handle (spool missing). Handle in the form of 2 opposing horned animal heads. H = 5.5”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pulley, accession number 5-3186, described as Carved wooden pulley handle (spool missing). Handle in the form of 2 opposing horned animal heads. H = 5.5”

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