Thorn carving

Museum number:
5-16036a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516036a@2cb
Alternate number:
5-16036
Accession number:
Acc.4627
Description:
thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibadan
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
May 1, 1994
Context of use:
Notation on bottom of stand reads “Ibadan 1965”
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 26.9 centimeters, base— width 6.2 centimeters, and base— length 6.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16036a,b, described as thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16036a,b, described as thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16036a,b, described as thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16036a,b, described as thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thorn carving, accession number 5-16036a,b, described as thorn carving. man climbing a palm tree. 13 palm fronds and coconut broken (b). man's feet are broken away from tree. H = 26.9 cm, Base; 6.5 cm x 6.2 cm.

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