Flywhisk

Museum number:
5-15422
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2989 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4471
Description:
flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Oyo, Yoruba; Carved by Oke Akanbi
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Context of use:
flywhisk
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 62 centimeters and height 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Flywhisk, accession number 5-15422, described as flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Flywhisk, accession number 5-15422, described as flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Flywhisk, accession number 5-15422, described as flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Flywhisk, accession number 5-15422, described as flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flywhisk, accession number 5-15422, described as flywhisk; wood & leather; above grip, standing male figure of carved wood; short pants, both hands in front, gourd (?) on chest; dark brown; strips of leather fastened to grip by several nails; crude workmanship. H. of figure: 18.5 cm. overall L: 62 cm.

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