Pulley

Museum number:
5-3276
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden pulley (spool missing). Carved in the form of a buffalo head with human features.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule tribe
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 7.6 centimeters and width 17.12 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-8
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pulley, accession number 5-3276, described as Carved wooden pulley (spool missing). Carved in the form of a buffalo head with human features.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pulley, accession number 5-3276, described as Carved wooden pulley (spool missing). Carved in the form of a buffalo head with human features.

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