Thread

Museum number:
5-13594
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013594
Alternate number:
Bascom 2014 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2818
Description:
thread; hank of white handspun cotton thread; said to be 134 yds. 8"; l. ca. 72 cm.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ibadan; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Threads (sewing fibers)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
January 24, 1972
Context of use:
for weaving Yoruba narrow band textiles; cf. 5-11001 - 11355
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 72 centimeters
Comment:
original label is in acc. env.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Thread, accession number 5-13594, described as thread; hank of white handspun cotton thread; said to be 134 yds. 8"; l. ca. 72 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Thread, accession number 5-13594, described as thread; hank of white handspun cotton thread; said to be 134 yds. 8"; l. ca. 72 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Thread, accession number 5-13594, described as thread; hank of white handspun cotton thread; said to be 134 yds. 8"; l. ca. 72 cm.

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