Container and lid

Museum number:
5-5320a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21055320a@2cb
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Brass container (Kuduo) made by Cire Perdue method.a. 3 -legged base has reptiles in relief & minor holes;b. LId surmounted by two figures; 1 sitting on the lid & 1 on a stool.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 20 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “89 a & b”. Not a Bascom number. Appears to be a dealer number. Murdock 32:18 NOTE: Used in female puberty rites and at funerals. See Rattray, Religion and Art in Ashanti. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-21-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5320a,b, described as Brass container (Kuduo) made by Cire Perdue method.a. 3 -legged base has reptiles in relief & minor holes;b. LId surmounted by two figures; 1 sitting on the lid & 1 on a stool.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5320a,b, described as Brass container (Kuduo) made by Cire Perdue method.a. 3 -legged base has reptiles in relief & minor holes;b. LId surmounted by two figures; 1 sitting on the lid & 1 on a stool.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5320a,b, described as Brass container (Kuduo) made by Cire Perdue method.a. 3 -legged base has reptiles in relief & minor holes;b. LId surmounted by two figures; 1 sitting on the lid & 1 on a stool.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container and lid, accession number 5-5320a,b, described as Brass container (Kuduo) made by Cire Perdue method.a. 3 -legged base has reptiles in relief & minor holes;b. LId surmounted by two figures; 1 sitting on the lid & 1 on a stool.

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