Metal container

Museum number:
5-5975a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21055975a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-983a,b
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
(a) Brass ceremonial vessel; round body; footed; incised diamond and circle pattern (b) lid; wire applique in geometric design
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti. Collected in Ghana
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1954
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
4.375 inches
Comment:
See acc. env.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #15: Oakland Public Museum (September 16, 1965–November 10, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal container, accession number 5-5975a,b, described as (a) Brass ceremonial vessel; round body; footed; incised diamond and circle pattern (b) lid; wire applique in geometric design
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal container, accession number 5-5975a,b, described as (a) Brass ceremonial vessel; round body; footed; incised diamond and circle pattern (b) lid; wire applique in geometric design

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