Cushion

Museum number:
5-12970
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050012970
Alternate number:
B2175 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3100
Description:
cushion; leather w/ geometric designs in applique; 8 tassels; brown, cream, red, orange, green and tan; straw stuffing; diam. 48 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oyo; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 16, 1974
Context of use:
used by ordinary people; made for Europeans as well as for domestic use.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 48 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-12970, described as cushion; leather w/ geometric designs in applique; 8 tassels; brown, cream, red, orange, green and tan; straw stuffing; diam. 48 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-12970, described as cushion; leather w/ geometric designs in applique; 8 tassels; brown, cream, red, orange, green and tan; straw stuffing; diam. 48 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cushion, accession number 5-12970, described as cushion; leather w/ geometric designs in applique; 8 tassels; brown, cream, red, orange, green and tan; straw stuffing; diam. 48 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cushion, accession number 5-12970, described as cushion; leather w/ geometric designs in applique; 8 tassels; brown, cream, red, orange, green and tan; straw stuffing; diam. 48 cm.

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