Messenger poker

Museum number:
5-15667
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1999 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
Messenger poker", brass and iron; bearded man smoking pipe, surrounded by birds, mounted on top of flattened rod, with curved tip; L 46.2 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ife
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Wrought iron (iron alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
Sent with messages as evidence they came from the head blacksmith".
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Biebuyck, Tradition and Creativity in Tribal Art, 1969, Pl. 75c. Bascom, 1973: 55.Slide.B/W photos (3) stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Messenger poker, accession number 5-15667, described as Messenger poker", brass and iron; bearded man smoking pipe, surrounded by birds, mounted on top of flattened rod, with curved tip; L 46.2 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Messenger poker, accession number 5-15667, described as Messenger poker", brass and iron; bearded man smoking pipe, surrounded by birds, mounted on top of flattened rod, with curved tip; L 46.2 cm

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