Hunter’s disguise

Museum number:
5-13491
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013491
Alternate number:
B-1332 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
Hunter’s hornbill (head and neck) disguise made of hide-covered wood. from Lake Chad. Gift of Harry Rayfield, 1972
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, N. Nigeria, near Lake Chad (Loko?); Purchased from Harry Rayfield in Berkeley
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 27, 1977
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
African Arts 4:1, 1970: 16, “Loko” Collection de M. X...50 “Koto-koto”; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-6-12
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hunter’s disguise, accession number 5-13491, described as Hunter’s hornbill (head and neck) disguise made of hide-covered wood. from Lake Chad. Gift of Harry Rayfield, 1972Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hunter’s disguise, accession number 5-13491, described as Hunter’s hornbill (head and neck) disguise made of hide-covered wood. from Lake Chad. Gift of Harry Rayfield, 1972
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hunter’s disguise, accession number 5-13491, described as Hunter’s hornbill (head and neck) disguise made of hide-covered wood. from Lake Chad. Gift of Harry Rayfield, 1972

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