Skeins

Museum number:
5-12904a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5-12904b, B-2032 (original number), and B-2149 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3023
Description:
skeins of indigo-dyed cotton thread (2); a) l. 92 cm.; b) l. 10 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
December 14, 1973
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b— length 10 centimeters and a— length 92 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Skeins, accession number 5-12904a,b, described as skeins of indigo-dyed cotton thread (2); a) l. 92 cm.; b) l. 10 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Skeins, accession number 5-12904a,b, described as skeins of indigo-dyed cotton thread (2); a) l. 92 cm.; b) l. 10 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skeins, accession number 5-12904a,b, described as skeins of indigo-dyed cotton thread (2); a) l. 92 cm.; b) l. 10 cm.

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