Helmet

Museum number:
5-15505
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1914 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4557
Object count:
1
Description:
helmet. wood, carved to resemble a crown, on top a leopard and two birds, polychrome, leopard broken and repaired; h. 32 cm., diam. 18.3 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters and diameter 18.3 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-14-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Helmet, accession number 5-15505, described as helmet. wood, carved to resemble a crown, on top a leopard and two birds, polychrome, leopard broken and repaired; h. 32 cm., diam. 18.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet, accession number 5-15505, described as helmet. wood, carved to resemble a crown, on top a leopard and two birds, polychrome, leopard broken and repaired; h. 32 cm., diam. 18.3 cm.

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