Medicine vial

Museum number:
5-16678a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516678a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-1974 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
beaded gourd medicine vial (a). beaded in 4 sections, alternating red and copper colored beads divided by bands of white/blue/white beads. diamond shaped figure of white with red or white with blue centers decorate each beaded section. removable stopper (b). Conservation: 1 row of copper colored beads missinga t top of one quadrant.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Ife
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1937-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.2 Medicine and Hygiene
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Container for medicine
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and diameter 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Medicine vial, accession number 5-16678a,b, described as beaded gourd medicine vial (a). beaded in 4 sections, alternating red and copper colored beads divided by bands of white/blue/white beads. diamond shaped figure of white with red or white with blue centers decorate each beaded section. removable stopper (b). Conservation: 1 row of copper colored beads missinga t top of one quadrant.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Medicine vial, accession number 5-16678a,b, described as beaded gourd medicine vial (a). beaded in 4 sections, alternating red and copper colored beads divided by bands of white/blue/white beads. diamond shaped figure of white with red or white with blue centers decorate each beaded section. removable stopper (b). Conservation: 1 row of copper colored beads missinga t top of one quadrant.

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