Beaded scabbard

Museum number:
5-16412
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Africa
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Fide J. Lorand Matory (12/14/2017): A sheath for a sacred staff such as 5-16411.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Beaded scabbard, accession number 5-16412, described as Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Beaded scabbard, accession number 5-16412, described as Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Beaded scabbard, accession number 5-16412, described as Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Beaded scabbard, accession number 5-16412, described as Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Beaded scabbard, accession number 5-16412, described as Beaded leather sheath for sacred staff such (5-16411). Also associated with beaded pommel cover (5-16413).

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