Crown

Museum number:
5-2600
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002600
Alternate number:
1976 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1683
Description:
Yoruba beaded crown (ori Kogbofo) "head not so empty", for a king; 11 1/2" high; 8" approx. dia.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Southern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; So. Nigeria; Yoruba (tr.)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 29.21 centimeters and diameter 20.32 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: Deering Lib., Northwestern Univ., 1948 and 1954; Memorial Union, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1956.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #57: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (December 4, 1968–January 23, 1969), S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982), and S1984-1985 #1: California State University, Sacramento (July 10, 1984–January 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Crown, accession number 5-2600, described as Yoruba beaded crown (ori Kogbofo) "head not so empty", for a king; 11 1/2" high; 8" approx. dia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Crown, accession number 5-2600, described as Yoruba beaded crown (ori Kogbofo) "head not so empty", for a king; 11 1/2" high; 8" approx. dia.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Crown, accession number 5-2600, described as Yoruba beaded crown (ori Kogbofo) "head not so empty", for a king; 11 1/2" high; 8" approx. dia.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crown, accession number 5-2600, described as Yoruba beaded crown (ori Kogbofo) "head not so empty", for a king; 11 1/2" high; 8" approx. dia.

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