Napkin ring
- Museum number:
- 5-16329
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016329
- Alternate number:
- B-190 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Ba-Pende oval napkin ring; carved ivory, decorated with long trailing stems of leaves and flowers in relief.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Congo, Leopoldville
- Culture or time period:
- Ba Pende
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Napkin rings
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 7.2 centimeters, height 6.9 centimeters, and width 6.4 centimeters
- Images:
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