Fiber art?

Museum number:
5-8610
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4022
Description:
Good luck symbol; fifteen wheat stalks woven together to form straw base with the kernels standing on top; length 14 cm and height 16 cm.
Donor:
Susan Weeks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Cairo, Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt; Cairo; Sayida Hussein Mulid
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fiber art?, accession number 5-8610, described as Good luck symbol; fifteen wheat stalks woven together to form straw base with the kernels standing on top; length 14 cm and height 16 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fiber art?, accession number 5-8610, described as Good luck symbol; fifteen wheat stalks woven together to form straw base with the kernels standing on top; length 14 cm and height 16 cm.

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