Needle

Museum number:
5-10284
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Alternate number:
B-2069 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
needle; brass; L. 9.5 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:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1951
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Needles (piercing tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
brass needle for cocoa bags
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Abere Iran apo koko. = cocoa bag needle. Collected in 1951; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31) handwritten note attached to card: 'Can't Find'
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 5-10284, described as needle; brass; L. 9.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 5-10284, described as needle; brass; L. 9.5 cm

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