Gourd bowl and lid

Museum number:
5-7230a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
13b a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2438
Description:
gourd bowl w/ lid, bowl (a) incised designs of scallops in black; lid, (b) scallop design painted black and latticework (excised)
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
before 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31); part of African art teaching set; to be used as traveling exhibit for Bay area schools
Loans:
S1968-1969 #32: Mission High School/Minerva Barranco (November 6, 1968–November 27, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl and lid, accession number 5-7230a,b, described as gourd bowl w/ lid, bowl (a) incised designs of scallops in black; lid, (b) scallop design painted black and latticework (excised)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gourd bowl and lid, accession number 5-7230a,b, described as gourd bowl w/ lid, bowl (a) incised designs of scallops in black; lid, (b) scallop design painted black and latticework (excised)

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