Rock fragment

Museum number:
5-15973
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2946 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
Nescafe can containing a loose substance (unknown). The Bascom card is missing and the lid is on very tightly.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Tin (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mineral and rock samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rock fragment, accession number 5-15973, described as Nescafe can containing a loose substance (unknown). The Bascom card is missing and the lid is on very tightly.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rock fragment, accession number 5-15973, described as Nescafe can containing a loose substance (unknown). The Bascom card is missing and the lid is on very tightly.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rock fragment, accession number 5-15973, described as Nescafe can containing a loose substance (unknown). The Bascom card is missing and the lid is on very tightly.

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