Metal tripod w/ extension legs, swiveling mounting surface controlled by a tension screw. Also tension screw to control mounting surface angle. L = 62.5cm collapsed; 163.5cm extended.
Donor:
Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Berkeley, Alameda County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
November 8, 2001
Context of use:
Label attached reads: “Memorabilia, camera tripod used by Bascom in Ponapea, Africa.