Paddle

Museum number:
5-7686
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2316 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2460
Description:
Wooden, Jerki paddle; openwork motif of animal, 1 on handle, 3 on blade; carved; scarlet - green and white - Itsekri Yoruba. L = 167.0 cm Evaluation $500.00
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Itsekiri
Culture or time period:
Itsekiri
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Ceremonial. Said to be collected circa 1902
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
1961 Berkeley - 25.74 Anthony Hunter TH3- 6121 2994 Adeline St. at Ashby - “ collected ca 1902”cf Sadler, pl. 30, left pp 84-85 from Forcados - Collected in 1901 by CJM Gordon - cf also Balfour - “ Ceremonial Paddles of the Kalabari” in Man, 1917, no.44. USNM “ Itsekiri” See accession envelope and catalogue card for additional information. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 130C
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 5-7686, described as Wooden, Jerki paddle; openwork motif of animal, 1 on handle, 3 on blade; carved; scarlet - green and white - Itsekri Yoruba. L = 167.0 cm Evaluation $500.00Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Paddle, accession number 5-7686, described as Wooden, Jerki paddle; openwork motif of animal, 1 on handle, 3 on blade; carved; scarlet - green and white - Itsekri Yoruba. L = 167.0 cm Evaluation $500.00
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 5-7686, described as Wooden, Jerki paddle; openwork motif of animal, 1 on handle, 3 on blade; carved; scarlet - green and white - Itsekri Yoruba. L = 167.0 cm Evaluation $500.00

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