Container and lid

Museum number:
5-5365a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21055365a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-47a,b (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
(a) Wooden container with 4 carved heads in relief. (b) Lid is elaborately carved bust.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
41 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “47 a & b”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20.Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-3
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5365a,b, described as (a) Wooden container with 4 carved heads in relief. (b) Lid is elaborately carved bust.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5365a,b, described as (a) Wooden container with 4 carved heads in relief. (b) Lid is elaborately carved bust.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5365a,b, described as (a) Wooden container with 4 carved heads in relief. (b) Lid is elaborately carved bust.

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