Cup

Museum number:
5-1698
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Wooden cup, semi-circular, oval top. Used in fetish initiations. 10.16 x 5.68 x 4.81 cm.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels) and Fetishes
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-1698, described as Wooden cup, semi-circular, oval top. Used in fetish initiations. 10.16 x 5.68 x 4.81 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-1698, described as Wooden cup, semi-circular, oval top. Used in fetish initiations. 10.16 x 5.68 x 4.81 cm.

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