Flint
- Museum number:
- 5-6350a-c
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21056350a@2dc
- Alternate number:
- B-2065a-c (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2308
- Object count:
- 3
- Description:
- a & b) flint; irregular shape; edges show use; a) 9 x 5 cm; b) 4.5 x 3.5 cm. c) iron; handle decorated with double spiral; l. 9.5 cm; w. 8.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Africa
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa; Nigeria; Meko; Yoruba (Murdock 31:31)
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1960
- Materials:
- Flint (rock) and Iron (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Firemaking kits
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1967
- Context of use:
- used for fire making
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- a— length 9 centimeters, c— width 8.5 centimeters, c— length 9.5 centimeters, b— length 4.5 centimeters, a— width 5 centimeters, and b— width 3.5 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1961-1962 #46: Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 27, 1962–Februrary 27, 1962)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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