[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
wooden board with red & black braided leather covered handle. decorated with Arabic script on both sides, in red and black. decoration may have been done in ink. text and decorations differ on each side
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Ink, Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 1.2 centimeters, width 19.4 centimeters, and length 46.4 centimeters