Warri board

Museum number:
5-2192
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-398 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Warri-board; Light wood; 13 cups on a single foot; pierced and punched geometric designs.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 60.3 centimeters, length 14 centimeters, and width 15.24 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Oakland Public Museum Flier, June 1960; PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-6. Exhibited at Oakland Public Museum 1960.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963) and S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Warri board, accession number 5-2192, described as Warri-board; Light wood; 13 cups on a single foot; pierced and punched geometric designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Warri board, accession number 5-2192, described as Warri-board; Light wood; 13 cups on a single foot; pierced and punched geometric designs.

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