Calabash

Museum number:
5-15955
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1957a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
cut piece of calabash with 4 double marks on left and right. traces of red and [handwritten on card: black] pigment remain. one side has a notch in the center. the dots refer to numbers, 16 in this case. 7 cm x 4 cm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Calabash [remove]
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used in divination practices
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4 centimeters and length 7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-15955, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 double marks on left and right. traces of red and [handwritten on card: black] pigment remain. one side has a notch in the center. the dots refer to numbers, 16 in this case. 7 cm x 4 cm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-15955, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 double marks on left and right. traces of red and [handwritten on card: black] pigment remain. one side has a notch in the center. the dots refer to numbers, 16 in this case. 7 cm x 4 cm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash, accession number 5-15955, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 double marks on left and right. traces of red and [handwritten on card: black] pigment remain. one side has a notch in the center. the dots refer to numbers, 16 in this case. 7 cm x 4 cm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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