Mouse divination bowl. a. Wooden bowl with braided fiber strap H = 7.78”.b. Bowl-shaped pottery lid; Dia = 4.25”.c. Interior wooden lid; Dia = 4.0”.d. Sheet metal with metal divining rods; nut can lid of tin; piece of gourd handing from inside of bowl.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
(a)— 7.375 inches
Comment:
Murdock 32.20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-29-9
Loans:
S1974-1975 #58: California State University, East Bay (February 19, 1975–March 13, 1975)