Staple

Museum number:
5-3440
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003440
Alternate number:
B-2077A (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
iron staple; used for mending splitting wood carvings, for fastening locks on doors; made by Yoruba blacksmiths; 2 1/16” long.
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:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
made by Yoruba blacksmiths
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 5.239 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-12-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Staple, accession number 5-3440, described as iron staple; used for mending splitting wood carvings, for fastening locks on doors; made by Yoruba blacksmiths; 2 1/16” long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staple, accession number 5-3440, described as iron staple; used for mending splitting wood carvings, for fastening locks on doors; made by Yoruba blacksmiths; 2 1/16” long.

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