Cup

Museum number:
5-8786
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008786
Alternate number:
B-1106 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2731
Description:
Cup; wood; brown; cylindrical body with tapered pedestal and round base; all-over interlocking triangular short design.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Rep. of Congo; Cent. Bantu; Kasai cluster; Kuba (Ba-Kuba)
Culture or time period:
Ba Kuba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 23, 1970
Context of use:
Used for palm wine
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and depth 8 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-11. Exhibited: College of San Mateo, 1967
Loans:
S1989-1990 #13: California State University, East Bay (January 10, 1990–February 13, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-8786, described as Cup; wood; brown; cylindrical body with tapered pedestal and round base; all-over interlocking triangular short design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-8786, described as Cup; wood; brown; cylindrical body with tapered pedestal and round base; all-over interlocking triangular short design.

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