Calabash

Museum number:
5-10203
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010203
Alternate number:
B-1398 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
Calabash, Hausa (Maguzawa) with pyro-engraved decoration. 1940. L = 28.5 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa (Maguzawa)
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-4-6
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-10203, described as Calabash, Hausa (Maguzawa) with pyro-engraved decoration. 1940. L = 28.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-10203, described as Calabash, Hausa (Maguzawa) with pyro-engraved decoration. 1940. L = 28.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash, accession number 5-10203, described as Calabash, Hausa (Maguzawa) with pyro-engraved decoration. 1940. L = 28.5 cm

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