Knife

Museum number:
5-4055
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004055
Alternate number:
B-2981 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1950
Description:
wood carver's knife; small blade; for grooving and other incised decorations; blade made from an imported file; 23.5 cm. long.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southern Nigerians; Yoruba cluster; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Maker or artist:
Oke Akanbi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
made of locally smelted iron (koko irin) and marked with the carver's name "OKE". collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
Murdoch: 31:31. collected from the carver, Mr. Oke Akanbi, Ile Ibuke (compound), Oke Afin (ward), Oyo (city), Nigeria. 5-4053-56 comprise a Yoruba woodcarver's set of tools. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-5
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown), S1964-1965 #89: California State University, Chico (April 21, 1965–August 6, 1965), and S1965-1966 #9: California State University, East Bay (August 10, 1965–October 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-4055, described as wood carver's knife; small blade; for grooving and other incised decorations; blade made from an imported file; 23.5 cm. long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-4055, described as wood carver's knife; small blade; for grooving and other incised decorations; blade made from an imported file; 23.5 cm. long.

Tools