Thorn carving
- Museum number:
- 5-16682
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016682
- Alternate number:
- B-1051 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- thorn carving, girl, bust only, hair with 4 rows of small flips in front. by Akeredolu
- 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
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile) and Silk
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- depth 1.8 centimeters, width 3.3 centimeters, and height 4.3 centimeters
- Images:
-