Cup

Museum number:
5-16340
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016340
Alternate number:
B-1100 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
“Chokwe” (or BaKuba) cup. carved wood in the shape of a human head with handle at back; facial features, scarification and hair sharply defined.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo, Chokwe or Bakuba
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba and Chokwe
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters and width 11.6 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-2
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-16340, described as “Chokwe” (or BaKuba) cup. carved wood in the shape of a human head with handle at back; facial features, scarification and hair sharply defined.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-16340, described as “Chokwe” (or BaKuba) cup. carved wood in the shape of a human head with handle at back; facial features, scarification and hair sharply defined.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-16340, described as “Chokwe” (or BaKuba) cup. carved wood in the shape of a human head with handle at back; facial features, scarification and hair sharply defined.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-16340, described as “Chokwe” (or BaKuba) cup. carved wood in the shape of a human head with handle at back; facial features, scarification and hair sharply defined.

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