Cup

Museum number:
5-13481
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013481
Alternate number:
B-1105 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
Cup with handle; incised diagonal designs in over-under pattern; patinated brown wood;
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, (Kinshasa), Ba Kuba (Bushongo); Purchased at Sand Antiquaire, Brussels, Belgium
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
December 27, 1977
Context of use:
Palm wine cup.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 15.3 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-10
Loans:
S1971-1972 #64: Art Gallery (Mills College) (January 3, 1972–February 22, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-13481, described as Cup with handle; incised diagonal designs in over-under pattern; patinated brown wood;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-13481, described as Cup with handle; incised diagonal designs in over-under pattern; patinated brown wood;

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