Calabash

Museum number:
5-14076a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1883a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
calabash. carved circular design on two separate pieces. A-bottom, dm. 20 1/2 cm., B-top, dm. 20 cm., overall ht. 24 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; collected at Ife
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1937
Materials:
Calabash [remove]
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— diameter 20 centimeters, overall— height 24 centimeters, and a— diameter 20.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131C (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Calabash, accession number 5-14076a,b, described as calabash. carved circular design on two separate pieces. A-bottom, dm. 20 1/2 cm., B-top, dm. 20 cm., overall ht. 24 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash, accession number 5-14076a,b, described as calabash. carved circular design on two separate pieces. A-bottom, dm. 20 1/2 cm., B-top, dm. 20 cm., overall ht. 24 cm.

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