Cosmetic vial

Museum number:
5-10196
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1963 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
cosmetic vial; sinew; moth-eaten round bowl base with bottle neck; L. 10 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Intestine (collagenous material) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cosmetic vial, accession number 5-10196, described as cosmetic vial; sinew; moth-eaten round bowl base with bottle neck; L. 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cosmetic vial, accession number 5-10196, described as cosmetic vial; sinew; moth-eaten round bowl base with bottle neck; L. 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cosmetic vial, accession number 5-10196, described as cosmetic vial; sinew; moth-eaten round bowl base with bottle neck; L. 10 cm.

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