Calabash

Museum number:
5-15956
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Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
cut piece of calabash with 4 marks on the left and right (see card 5-15955). one [handwritten on card: side] has a notch in the center. traces of red and black pigment remain forming stripes. 7.3 cm x [handwritten on card: 4.3] cm.
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:
unknown
Materials:
Calabash [remove] and Pigment
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:
used in divination practices
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 4.3 centimeters and length 7.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-15956, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 marks on the left and right (see card 5-15955). one [handwritten on card: side] has a notch in the center. traces of red and black pigment remain forming stripes. 7.3 cm x [handwritten on card: 4.3] cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Calabash, accession number 5-15956, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 marks on the left and right (see card 5-15955). one [handwritten on card: side] has a notch in the center. traces of red and black pigment remain forming stripes. 7.3 cm x [handwritten on card: 4.3] cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Calabash, accession number 5-15956, described as cut piece of calabash with 4 marks on the left and right (see card 5-15955). one [handwritten on card: side] has a notch in the center. traces of red and black pigment remain forming stripes. 7.3 cm x [handwritten on card: 4.3] cm.

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