Camwood

Museum number:
5-15979
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2217 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
camwood. irregular chunks of dark brown/red color.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
used on wood carvings. see card 5-15975; according to Berta Bascom, May, 1995, these materials were purchased and collected by William to use in the restoration of his collection.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Camwood, accession number 5-15979, described as camwood. irregular chunks of dark brown/red color.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Camwood, accession number 5-15979, described as camwood. irregular chunks of dark brown/red color.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Camwood, accession number 5-15979, described as camwood. irregular chunks of dark brown/red color.

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