Cushion

Museum number:
5-15503
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015503
Alternate number:
B-1978 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4557
Description:
cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, Ife; Gift from Oni
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Glass (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters and diameter 32.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cushion, accession number 5-15503, described as cushion. round, leather, on top a geometric and curvilinear design, around sides six anthropomorphic faces alternating with six geometric elements, all designs using multicolored glass seed beads, six beaded tassels attached around upper edge. h 19.0 cm. approx., diam. 32.5 cm.

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