516751 and T-9 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
crocheted (?) dance suit made of twine (sisal?); full body suit decorated with fiber tufts attached with Larkshead knots to all positions except back of head and center back to waist. opening in back for getting into the suit. a raffia ruff covers the back opening and finished the ams and legs.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo or Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Igbo and Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
at hip— width 45 centimeters, at shoulders— width 66 centimeters, and at shoulders— length 157 centimeters
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)