Cup

Museum number:
5-5351
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Ivory Coast- Upper Volta; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “15”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:6; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-8
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-5351, described as Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-5351, described as Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-5351, described as Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cup, accession number 5-5351, described as Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 5-5351, described as Cup with rectangular opening. 2 carved chameleions and 1 bird & 1 turtle on sides. Surmounted by standing female. H = 38.5 cm.

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