Baton

Museum number:
5-3213
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Alternate number:
B-51 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden baton. Top of handle carved withtwo opposing animal heads.
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:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 26.02 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-29-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Baton, accession number 5-3213, described as Carved wooden baton. Top of handle carved withtwo opposing animal heads.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Baton, accession number 5-3213, described as Carved wooden baton. Top of handle carved withtwo opposing animal heads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Baton, accession number 5-3213, described as Carved wooden baton. Top of handle carved withtwo opposing animal heads.

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