Fly whisk handle

Museum number:
5-3170
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-16 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden fly whisk handle w/ 4 carved human faces and cross-hatched designs; elephant on top.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fly whisks
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 34.6 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s Number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fly whisk handle, accession number 5-3170, described as Carved wooden fly whisk handle w/ 4 carved human faces and cross-hatched designs; elephant on top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fly whisk handle, accession number 5-3170, described as Carved wooden fly whisk handle w/ 4 carved human faces and cross-hatched designs; elephant on top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk handle, accession number 5-3170, described as Carved wooden fly whisk handle w/ 4 carved human faces and cross-hatched designs; elephant on top.

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