B-2170 a - g (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
leather. 7 dyed leather samples for cushions given to the Lowie (5-12970, B-2175) a, cream; b, black; c, red-brown; d, golden brown; e, mint green; f, dark green; g, dark blue; each piece is 4 cm x 8 cm. Additional bag of 4 samples.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used as color samples for a cushion
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 8 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. B2173. See 5-12970 [B-2175] for example of cushion made from such leather. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-Bascom-13