Wall hanging

Museum number:

5-7215

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050007215

Alternate number:

15a (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2438

Description:

gourd wall hanging, tear-drop shape, excised openwork lattice decoration in geometric designs; 17 cms ht, 12 cms width.

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:

Wall hangings

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1968

Context of use:

sold as wall hanging

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

width 12 centimeters and height 17 centimeters

Comment:

(Murdock 31:31); part of African Art teaching set; to be used as traveling teaching exhibit for Bay area schools

Loans:

S1968-1969 #32: Mission High School/Minerva Barranco (November 6, 1968–November 27, 1968)

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