Wall hanging

Museum number:
5-7219
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
15e (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2438
Description:
gourd wall hanging, tear drop shape, excised lattice geometric designs; 17 x 11.5 cms.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
before 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Wall hangings
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 17 centimeters and width 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31); part of African Art teaching set; to be used as traveling teaching exhibit for Bay area schools
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 5-7219, described as gourd wall hanging, tear drop shape, excised lattice geometric designs; 17 x 11.5 cms.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 5-7219, described as gourd wall hanging, tear drop shape, excised lattice geometric designs; 17 x 11.5 cms.

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