Sword handle

Museum number:
5-3218
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-50 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden sword handle. Pummel and end has a series of human faces. Incised all over with cross-hatched designs.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 21.25 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-29-4
Loans:
S1965-1966 #77: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (March 30, 1966–May 2, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sword handle, accession number 5-3218, described as Carved wooden sword handle. Pummel and end has a series of human faces. Incised all over with cross-hatched designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword handle, accession number 5-3218, described as Carved wooden sword handle. Pummel and end has a series of human faces. Incised all over with cross-hatched designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword handle, accession number 5-3218, described as Carved wooden sword handle. Pummel and end has a series of human faces. Incised all over with cross-hatched designs.

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