Feet

Museum number:
5-16035
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2052B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4627
Description:
carved, wooden feet, with incised toes and toe nails. from a stool (decorative item). H = 5.0 cm; W = 5.5 cm. hoses in front and back appeared to have been burned in.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 1, 1994
Context of use:
figure from a stool
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 5.5 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Feet, accession number 5-16035, described as carved, wooden feet, with incised toes and toe nails. from a stool (decorative item). H = 5.0 cm; W = 5.5 cm. hoses in front and back appeared to have been burned in.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Feet, accession number 5-16035, described as carved, wooden feet, with incised toes and toe nails. from a stool (decorative item). H = 5.0 cm; W = 5.5 cm. hoses in front and back appeared to have been burned in.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Feet, accession number 5-16035, described as carved, wooden feet, with incised toes and toe nails. from a stool (decorative item). H = 5.0 cm; W = 5.5 cm. hoses in front and back appeared to have been burned in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Feet, accession number 5-16035, described as carved, wooden feet, with incised toes and toe nails. from a stool (decorative item). H = 5.0 cm; W = 5.5 cm. hoses in front and back appeared to have been burned in.

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