Wooden knife

Museum number:
5-3173
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-26 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden knife w/ a series of linear and geometric designs on blade; human face on hilt; 2 opposing heads on grip. Painted red, blue and white.
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:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 48.21 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20. Note: “Original number” appearing on catalogue card is the Appraisers Number, not a Bascom indes number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-5
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden knife, accession number 5-3173, described as Carved wooden knife w/ a series of linear and geometric designs on blade; human face on hilt; 2 opposing heads on grip. Painted red, blue and white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden knife, accession number 5-3173, described as Carved wooden knife w/ a series of linear and geometric designs on blade; human face on hilt; 2 opposing heads on grip. Painted red, blue and white.

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