Neck piece

Museum number:
5-15965
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015965
Alternate number:
B-1973 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
leather neck piece. 2 green edged triangles attached at 6 areas. inset is dark purple velvet with cross hatching in alternating green and cream thing leather embroidery. hung from the neck by green and brown leather braid (lantern? macrame?). back of triangles are black. 40.8 cm. long.
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:
1937-1938
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Context of use:
previously owned by Ikorun
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 40.8 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. 5-15964; PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-11
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Neck piece, accession number 5-15965, described as leather neck piece. 2 green edged triangles attached at 6 areas. inset is dark purple velvet with cross hatching in alternating green and cream thing leather embroidery. hung from the neck by green and brown leather braid (lantern? macrame?). back of triangles are black. 40.8 cm. long.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Neck piece, accession number 5-15965, described as leather neck piece. 2 green edged triangles attached at 6 areas. inset is dark purple velvet with cross hatching in alternating green and cream thing leather embroidery. hung from the neck by green and brown leather braid (lantern? macrame?). back of triangles are black. 40.8 cm. long.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Neck piece, accession number 5-15965, described as leather neck piece. 2 green edged triangles attached at 6 areas. inset is dark purple velvet with cross hatching in alternating green and cream thing leather embroidery. hung from the neck by green and brown leather braid (lantern? macrame?). back of triangles are black. 40.8 cm. long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Neck piece, accession number 5-15965, described as leather neck piece. 2 green edged triangles attached at 6 areas. inset is dark purple velvet with cross hatching in alternating green and cream thing leather embroidery. hung from the neck by green and brown leather braid (lantern? macrame?). back of triangles are black. 40.8 cm. long.

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